Heringia vitripennis (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Interactions where Heringia vitripennis 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 Foreign Eriosoma lanigerum Woolly Aphis, American Blight, Woolly Apple Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae The British Species of Phthorima (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Fitton, M.G. & Boston, M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia vitripennis/Heringia vitripennisa hoverflylarva Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Eriosoma lanigerum/Eriosoma lanigerumwoolly aphis, american blight, woolly apple aphid

Interactions where Heringia vitripennis 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').

Filters:

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
larva is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Phthorima xanthaspis a diplazontine ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae The British Species of Phthorima (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Fitton, M.G. & Boston, M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Phthorima xanthaspis/Phthorima xanthaspisa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia vitripennis/Heringia vitripennisa hoverflylarva larva is parasitoid of larva
aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Woldstedtius citropectoralis 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/Woldstedtius citropectoralis/Woldstedtius citropectoralisa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia vitripennis/Heringia vitripennisa hoverflyaphidivorous larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Fitton, M.G. & Boston, M., 1988The British Species of Phthorima (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)Ent. Gazette Vol 39: 165-170.
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.

Heringia vitripennis (a hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHeringia vitripennis (a hoverfly)
GenusHeringia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribePipizini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (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 Heringia vitripennis (a hoverfly)

Heringia vitripennis (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 Heringia vitripennis (a hoverfly):

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