Thecophora cinerascens Meigen, 1804
(Pygmy Beegrabber)

Thecophora cinerascens (Pygmy Beegrabber) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thecophora cinerascens (Pygmy Beegrabber) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThecophora cinerascens (Pygmy Beegrabber)
GenusThecophora (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Thecophora cinerascens (Pygmy Beegrabber)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ransom, T.M., Falk, S.J. & Clements, D.K. 2015 Thecophora cinerascens (Meigen) (Diptera, Conopidae) new to the British Isles from Jersey Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 22: 135-141.

Thecophora cinerascens (Pygmy Beegrabber) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thecophora cinerascens (Pygmy Beegrabber):

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