Brachicoma devia (Fallen, 1820)
(a flesh fly)

Interactions where Brachicoma devia 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 ectoparasitoid of prepupa UK/Ireland Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flylarva Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesprepupa
puparium puparium rests inside nest UK/Ireland Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flypuparium Animal / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesnest
puparium puparium rests inside soil near nest UK/Ireland Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flypuparium Animal / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beessoil near nest
larva larva is predator of prepupa Vespa crabro Hornet Hymenoptera: Vespidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetprepupa
puparium puparium rests inside nest Vespa crabro Hornet Hymenoptera: Vespidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flypuparium Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetnest
puparium puparium rests inside soil near nest Vespa crabro Hornet Hymenoptera: Vespidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Brachicoma devia/Brachicoma deviaa flesh flypuparium Animal / resting place / within /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespa crabro/Vespa crabrohornetsoil near nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Brachicoma devia (a flesh fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Brachicoma devia (a flesh fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrachicoma devia (a flesh fly)
FamilySARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid 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 Brachicoma devia (a flesh fly)

Brachicoma devia (a flesh fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Brachicoma devia (a flesh fly):

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