Eumerus strigatus (Fallen, 1817)
(a lesser bulb-fly)

Interactions where Eumerus strigatus 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 feeds within decaying bulb Allium cepa Onion Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eumerus strigatus/Eumerus strigatusa lesser bulb-flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium cepa/Allium cepaoniondecayingbulb
larva larva feeds within decaying bulb Major Narcissus daffodils and narcissi Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eumerus strigatus/Eumerus strigatusa lesser bulb-flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/Narcissusdaffodils and narcissidecayingbulbMajor
larva larva feeds within decaying rhizome Iris irises Asparagales: Iridaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eumerus strigatus/Eumerus strigatusa lesser bulb-flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris/Irisirisesdecayingrhizome
larva larva feeds within decaying bulb Tulipa tulips Liliales: Liliaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eumerus strigatus/Eumerus strigatusa lesser bulb-flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Liliaceae/Tulipa/Tulipatulipsdecayingbulb

Author & YearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Eumerus strigatus (a lesser bulb-fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eumerus strigatus (a lesser bulb-fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEumerus strigatus (a lesser bulb-fly)
GenusEumerus (lesser bulb-flies)
TribeMerodontini (bulb flies)
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 Eumerus strigatus (a lesser bulb-fly)

Eumerus strigatus (a lesser bulb-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eumerus strigatus (a lesser bulb-fly):

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