Phaonia atriceps (Loew, 1858)
(a muscid fly)

Interactions where Phaonia atriceps is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-sheath Typha latifolia Bulrush, Greater Reedmace Poales: Typhaceae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Phaonia atriceps/Phaonia atricepsa muscid flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/Typha latifoliabulrush, greater reedmaceleaf-sheath

Author & YearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) MuscidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Phaonia atriceps (a muscid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phaonia atriceps (a muscid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhaonia atriceps (a muscid fly)
GenusPhaonia (a genus of muscid flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phaonia atriceps (a muscid fly)

Phaonia atriceps (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phaonia atriceps (a muscid fly):

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