Agathomyia wankowiczii (Schnabl, 1884)
(a big-footed fly)

Interactions where Agathomyia wankowiczii 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 causes galls on live hymenium of bracket UK/Ireland Ganoderma applanatum Artist’s Bracket Polyporales: Ganodermataceae Gall development in Fungi, Evans, R.E., 1979
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Platypezidae/Agathomyia wankowiczii/Agathomyia wankowicziia big-footed flylarva Fungus / gallUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma applanatum/Ganoderma applanatumartist's bracketlivehymeniumbracket

Author & YearTitleSource
Evans, R.E., 1979Gall development in FungiBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (2): 131-132.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Agathomyia wankowiczii (a big-footed fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Agathomyia wankowiczii (a big-footed fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgathomyia wankowiczii (a big-footed fly)
GenusAgathomyia (a genus of big-footed flies)
FamilyPLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed 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 Agathomyia wankowiczii (a big-footed fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Weightman, J. 2003 It’s an ill wind… Field Mycology Vol 4 (3): 76-77.

Agathomyia wankowiczii (a big-footed 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 Agathomyia wankowiczii (a big-footed fly):

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