Merzomyia westermanni (Meigen, 1826)
(Swiss Cheese Tephritid)

Interactions where Merzomyia westermanni is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 capitulum UK/Ireland Senecio erucifolius Hoary Ragwort Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Merzomyia westermanni/Merzomyia westermanniSwiss cheese tephritidlarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio erucifolius/Senecio erucifoliushoary ragwortcapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Merzomyia westermanni/Merzomyia westermanniSwiss cheese tephritidlarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulum

Merzomyia westermanni (Swiss Cheese Tephritid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Merzomyia westermanni (Swiss Cheese Tephritid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMerzomyia westermanni (Swiss Cheese Tephritid)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 Merzomyia westermanni (Swiss Cheese Tephritid)

Merzomyia westermanni (Swiss Cheese Tephritid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Merzomyia westermanni (Swiss Cheese Tephritid):

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