Melanogaster hirtella (Loew, 1843)
(a hoverfly)

Interactions where Melanogaster hirtella 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 rotting leaf Caltha palustrisQuestionable Marsh-marigold Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Melanogaster hirtella/Melanogaster hirtellaa hoverflylarva Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/Caltha palustrismarsh-marigold?rottingleaf
larva larva is saprobic on wet, rotting leaf [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Melanogaster hirtella/Melanogaster hirtellaa hoverflylarva Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantswet, rottingleaf

Interactions where Melanogaster hirtella is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Rhembobius bifrons Tongue-less Tongue Ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Rhembobius bifrons/Rhembobius bifronstongue-less tongue ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Melanogaster hirtella/Melanogaster hirtellaa hoverflylarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

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

Melanogaster hirtella (a hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melanogaster hirtella (a hoverfly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanogaster hirtella (a hoverfly)
GenusMelanogaster (Zoo.) (a genus of hover flies)
TribeChrysogastrini (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 Melanogaster hirtella (a hoverfly)

Melanogaster hirtella (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melanogaster hirtella (a hoverfly):

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