Microdon devius (Linnaeus, 1761)
(an ant hoverfly)

Interactions where Microdon devius 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 is associated with nest Lasius flavus Yellow Meadow Ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Microdon devius/Microdon deviusan ant hoverflylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius flavus/Lasius flavusyellow meadow antnest
larva larva is predator of pupa? Lasius flavus Yellow Meadow Ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Microdon devius/Microdon deviusan ant hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius flavus/Lasius flavusyellow meadow antpupa?

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

Microdon devius (an ant hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Microdon devius (an ant hoverfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrodon devius (an ant hoverfly)
GenusMicrodon (ant hoverflies)
SubfamilyMICRODONTINAE (ant 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 Microdon devius (an ant hoverfly)

Microdon devius (an ant hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Microdon devius (an ant hoverfly):

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