Scaptomyza flava (Fallén, 1823)
(a fruit fly)

Interactions where Scaptomyza flava 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
larva larva mines live leaf UK/Ireland Tropaeolum garden nasturtiums Brassicales: Tropaeolaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Scaptomyza flava/Scaptomyza flavaa fruit flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Tropaeolaceae/Tropaeolum/Tropaeolumgarden nasturtiumsliveleaf
larva larva mines live leaf Rare [Viola sp. cult.] cultivated violets Malpighiales: Violaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Scaptomyza flava/Scaptomyza flavaa fruit flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Violaceae/Viola sp. cult./Viola sp. cult.cultivated violetsliveleafRare

Author & YearTitleSource
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Scaptomyza flava (a fruit fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Scaptomyza flava (a fruit fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScaptomyza flava (a fruit fly)
GenusScaptomyza (a genus of fruit flies)
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Scaptomyza flava (a fruit fly)

Scaptomyza flava (a fruit fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scaptomyza flava (a fruit fly):

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