Sicus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a thick-headed fly)

Interactions where Sicus ferrugineus 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 (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Bombus hortorum Small Garden Bumblebee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Sicus ferrugineus/Sicus ferrugineusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus hortorum/Bombus hortorumsmall garden bumblebeeadult
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Bombus lapidarius Large Red-tailed Bumblebee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Sicus ferrugineus/Sicus ferrugineusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeeadult
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Bombus pascuorum Common Carder Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Sicus ferrugineus/Sicus ferrugineusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus pascuorum/Bombus pascuorumcommon carder beeadult
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Bombus terrestris Buff-tailed Bumblebee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Sicus ferrugineus/Sicus ferrugineusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus terrestris/Bombus terrestrisbuff-tailed bumblebeeadult

Author & YearTitleSource
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
GenusSicus (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)

Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly):

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