Platycheirus Le Peletier & Serville, 1828
(a genus of hoverflies)

Interactions where Platycheirus 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 predator of Major APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Platycheirus/Platycheirusa genus of hoverflieslarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/AphidoideaaphidsMajor

Interactions where Platycheirus 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
aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Homotropus pictus a diplazontine ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Homotropus pictus/Homotropus pictusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Platycheirus/Platycheirusa genus of hoverfliesaphidivorous larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British faunaSystematic Entomology 7: 311-320.
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

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

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

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Platycheirus albimanus
a hoverfly
Species 1 references
Platycheirus fulviventris
a hoverfly
Species 2 trophisms
Platycheirus immarginatus
a hoverfly
Species 2 trophisms
Platycheirus manicatus
a hoverfly
Species 1 trophisms
Platycheirus peltatus agg.
a hoverfly
Species aggregate 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Platycheirus perpallidus
a hoverfly
Species 2 trophisms
Platycheirus scutatus
a hoverfly
Species 2 trophisms
[Platycheirus scutatus s.l.]
a group of recently distinguished hoverflies
Informal 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPlatycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeBacchini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (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 Platycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)

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

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

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