Callicera spinolae Rondani, 1844
(Golden Hoverfly)

Interactions where Callicera spinolae 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 is saprobic on rot hole Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Callicera spinolae/Callicera spinolaegolden hoverflylarva Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesrot hole
larva larva is saprobic on rot hole Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Callicera spinolae/Callicera spinolaegolden hoverflylarva Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplarsrot hole
larva larva is saprobic on rot hole [Trees]Questionable broadleaved and coniferous trees Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Callicera spinolae/Callicera spinolaegolden hoverflylarva Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous trees?rot hole

Author & YearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Callicera spinolae (Golden Hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Callicera spinolae (Golden Hoverfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCallicera spinolae (Golden Hoverfly)
GenusCallicera (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeCallicerini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 Callicera spinolae (Golden Hoverfly)

Callicera spinolae (Golden Hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rotheray, G. 2004 Autecology and conservation of Callicera spinolae the golden hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) Research Reports EN Report no 581.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Callicera spinolae (Golden Hoverfly):

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