Heringia Rondani, 1856
(a genus of hoverflies)

Interactions where Heringia 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 (arboreal)		arboreal larva is predator of			APHIDIDAE	greenfly	Hemiptera	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies		arboreal		larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/	Aphididae	greenfly
larva (arboreal)		arboreal larva is predator of			APHIDIDAE	greenfly	Hemiptera	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies		arboreal		larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/	Aphididae	greenfly
larva		larva is predator of			Eriosoma lanigerum	Woolly Aphis, American Blight, Woolly Apple Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies				larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Eriosoma lanigerum/	Eriosoma lanigerum	woolly aphis, american blight, woolly apple aphid
larva		larva is predator of gall-inhabiting			Pemphigus	a genus of galling aphids	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies				larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pemphigus/	Pemphigus	a genus of galling aphids		gall-inhabiting
larva		larva is predator of			Schizoneura	a genus of galling aphids	Hemiptera: Pemphigidae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies				larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pemphigidae/Schizoneura/	Schizoneura	a genus of galling aphids
larva (arboreal)		arboreal larva is predator of			ADELGIDAE	woolly conifer aphids	Hemiptera	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies		arboreal		larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/	Adelgidae	woolly conifer aphids
larva (arboreal)		arboreal larva is predator of			ADELGIDAE	woolly conifer aphids	Hemiptera	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies		arboreal		larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/	Adelgidae	woolly conifer aphids
larva		larva is predator of			Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid	Hemiptera: Adelgidae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies				larva	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/	Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid
		is associated with aphid infested			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		aphid infested
		is associated with aphid infested			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		aphid infested
		is associated with aphid infested			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		aphid infested
		is associated with aphid infested			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/	Heringia	a genus of hoverflies					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		aphid infested

Author & Year	Title	Source
Rotheray, G.E., 1993	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe	Diperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Heringia (a genus of hoverflies) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Heringia (a genus of hoverflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Heringia heringi a hoverfly				Species		1 trophisms
Heringia senilis a hoverfly				Species			1 references
Heringia vitripennis a hoverfly				Species		3 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Heringia (a genus of hoverflies)
Tribe	Pipizini (a tribe of hoverflies)
Subfamily	MILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
Family	SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
Superfamily	SYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
Infraorder	Eremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Heringia is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Heringia (a genus of hoverflies)

Heringia (a genus of hoverflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Heringia (a genus of hoverflies):

SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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