Fannia monilis (Haliday, 1838)
(a lesser house fly)

Interactions where Fannia monilis 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 associated with Pleurotus cornucopiae Branching Oyster Agaricales: Pleurotaceae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia monilis/Fannia monilisa lesser house flylarva Fungus / associate /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pleurotaceae/Pleurotus cornucopiae/Pleurotus cornucopiaebranching oyster
larva larva is associated with Polyporus squamosus Dryad’s Saddle Polyporales: Polyporaceae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia monilis/Fannia monilisa lesser house flylarva Fungus / associate /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Polyporus squamosus/Polyporus squamosusdryad’s saddle
larva larva is associated with fruitbody [Macromycetes] larger fungi, macrofungi Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia monilis/Fannia monilisa lesser house flylarva Fungus / associate /Fungi/Macromycetes/Macromyceteslarger fungi, macrofungifruitbody
larva larva feeds on rotten Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Polypodiales: Dennstaedtiaceae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia monilis/Fannia monilisa lesser house flylarva Foodplant / debris feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dennstaedtiaceae/Pteridium aquilinum/Pteridium aquilinumbrackenrotten

Author & YearTitleSource
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Fannia monilis (a lesser house fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Fannia monilis (a lesser house fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFannia monilis (a lesser house fly)
GenusFannia (lesser house flies)
FamilyFANNIIDAE (lesser house flies)
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 Fannia monilis (a lesser house fly)

Fannia monilis (a lesser house fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Fannia monilis (a lesser house fly):

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