Epistrophe eligans (Harris, [1780])
(a hoverfly)

Interactions where Epistrophe eligans 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 Foreign Syrphoctonus fissorius 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/Syrphoctonus fissorius/Syrphoctonus fissoriusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Epistrophe eligans/Epistrophe eligansa hoverflyaphidivorous larva (spring)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.

Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEpistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
GenusEpistrophe (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeSyrphini (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)
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Epistrophe eligans (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 Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly):

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