Megaselia bovista (Gimmerthal, 1848)
(a scuttle fly)

Interactions where Megaselia bovista 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
puparium is parasitoid host of larva UK/IrelandMajor Aspilota intermediana a fungicolous death wasp Hymenoptera: Braconidae Aspilota intermediana Fischer a fungicolous braconid (Hym.) new to Britain, Notton, D.G., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Aspilota intermediana/Aspilota intermedianaa fungicolous death wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Megaselia bovista/Megaselia bovistaa scuttle flypupariumMajor larva is parasitoid of puparium

Author & YearTitleSource
Notton, D.G., 1991Aspilota intermediana Fischer a fungicolous braconid (Hym.) new to BritainEnt. Mon. Mag..

Megaselia bovista (a scuttle fly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Megaselia bovista (a scuttle fly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegaselia bovista (a scuttle fly)
GenusMegaselia (a genus of scuttle flies)
FamilyPHORIDAE (scuttle 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 Megaselia bovista (a scuttle fly)

Megaselia bovista (a scuttle fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Megaselia bovista (a scuttle fly):

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