Myopa Fabricius, 1775
(a genus of beegrabbers)

Interactions where Myopa 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
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower Allium ursinum Ramsons Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Myopa/Myopaa genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium ursinum/Allium ursinumramsonsflower
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower Taraxacum officinale agg. dandelion Asterales: Asteraceae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Myopa/Myopaa genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionflower
adult adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Myopa/Myopaa genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsflower

Author & YearTitleSource
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Myopa (a genus of beegrabbers) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Myopa (a genus of beegrabbers) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Myopa testacea
a thick-headed fly
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMyopa (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Myopa (a genus of beegrabbers)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, K.G.V. 1969 *** Diptera: Conopidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Testacea Group

Stuke, J.-H. & Clements, D.K. 2008 Revision of the Myopa testacea Species-Group in the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Conopidae) Zootaxa Vol 1713: 1-26.

Myopa (a genus of beegrabbers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Myopa (a genus of beegrabbers):

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