Cacoxenus indagator Loew, 1858
(Houdini Fly)

Interactions where Cacoxenus indagator 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 kleptoparasitises pollen and nectar in nest cell Osmia bicornis Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Zoologger: Houdini fly inflates head to break walls, New Scientist
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Cacoxenus indagator/Cacoxenus indagatorHoudini flylarva Animal / kleptoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia bicornis/Osmia bicornisred mason bee or masonry beepollen and nectar in nest cell

Author & YearTitleSource
New ScientistZoologger: Houdini fly inflates head to break wallswww.newscientist.com/article/dn19764-zoologger-houdini-fly-inflates-head-to-break-walls.html

Cacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly)
GenusCacoxenus (a genus of flies)
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Cacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
in the field New Scientist Zoologger: Houdini fly inflates head to break walls www.newscientist.com/article/dn19764-zoologger-houdini-fly-inflates-head-to-break-walls.html

Cacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Cacoxenus indagator (Houdini Fly)
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