The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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larva | larva is predator of larva | Gastrophysa viridula | Green Dock Beetle | Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 |
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adult | adult pollinates or fertilises flower | Orchis militaris | Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid | Asparagales: Orchidaceae | Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009 |
The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Filters:
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Cox, M.L., 2007 | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland | 336pp, Pisces Publications |
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982 | A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna | Systematic Entomology 7: 311-320. |
Harrap, A. & S., 2009 | Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide | 2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd |
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 | Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild | Het News No 6: 3. |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
Subtaxon | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
No of interactions |
No of references |
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Genus | 2 subtaxa | 5 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Subfamily | 4 subtaxa | 15 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
Subfamily | 79 subtaxa | 210 trophisms | 26 references | ||||
Genus | 2 subtaxa | 2 references | |||||
Subfamily | 49 subtaxa | 122 trophisms | 15 references |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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in the field () | Ball, S. & Morris, R. | 2013 | Britain’s Hoverflies: an introduction to the hoverflies of Britain | WILDGuides, 297pp, Princeton University Press |
Ball, S. | 2008 | Colour key to the tribes of the Syrphidae | 12pp, Dipterists Forum | |
Coe, R.L. | 1953 | *** Diptera: Syrphidae ***(Superseded) | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol X. Part 1, 98pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London | |
Edkins, K. | Photos of Insects | www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm | ||
Falk, S. | Diptera (flies) | www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/ | ||
Gilbert, F.S. | 1993 | Hoverflies | Naturalists' Handbooks, 5, 67pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd | |
() | Rotheray, G.E. | 1989 | Aphid Predators | Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Stubbs, A. | 2011 | A review of extra and potential extra hoverflies | Hoverfly Recording Scheme Newsletter 50: 3-6. | |
Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. | 2002 | British Hoverflies (ed 2) | 2 edition, 469pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society | |
Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. | 1983 | *** British Hoverflies (ed 1) ***(Superseded) | 1 edition, British Entomological and Natural History Society | |
Stubbs, A.E. | 1996 | *** British Hoverflies - 2nd supplement ***(Superseded) | BENHS | |
Stubbs, A.E. | 1986 | *** British Hoverflies - 1st Supplement ***(Superseded) | BENHS | |
van Veen, M. | 2004 | Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: Identification keys to the Syrphidae | 256pp, KNNV Publishing | |
Webster, C. | British Hoverflies | syrphidae.3644.co.uk/ | ||
Larvae | ||||
() | Hartley, J. C. | 1961 | A taxonomic account of the larvae of some British Syrphidae | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Series A. 136 (4): 505-573. |
() | Rotheray, G.E. | 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe | Diperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9. |
() | Rotheray, G.E. | 1989 | Aphid Predators | Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Tribes | ||||
Ball, S.G. | 2008 | Colour Key to the Tribes of the Syrphidae |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Anon. | Syrphidae mailing list | ||
Anon. | UK Hoverflies discussion group | ||
Ball, S., Morris, R. Rotheray, G. & Watt, K. | 2011 | Atlas of the Hoverflies of Great Britain (Diptera, Syrphidae) | 183pp, Biological Records Centre |
Ball, S.G. & Morris, R.K.A. | 2007 | Hoverflies: family Syrphidae | A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain Part x |
Ball, S.G. & Morris, R.K.A | 2000 | Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) | 167pp, Biological Records Centre |
Dipterists Forum | Hoverfly Recording Scheme | www.hoverfly.org.uk | |
Gilbert, F.S. | The evolution of imperfect mimicry in hoverflies | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/96/1/ImperfectMimicry.pdf | |
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. | 2002 | An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme | British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45. |
Nowakowski, M. & Pywell, R. | Habitat creation and management for pollinators | 47pp | |
Acid Mires | |||
Boyce, D. | 2004 | A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires | Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature |
Newsletters | |||
Hoverfly Recording Scheme | Hoverfly Recording Scheme Newsletter | Published for/by:Hoverfly Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum | |
Regional | |||
Gammelmo, Ø. & Nielson, T.R. | 2008 | Further records of Hoverfly species (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Norway | NJE Vol 55 (1): 19-23. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,871 images of SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) |
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