Physocephala rufipes (Fabricius, 1781)
(a thick-headed fly)

Interactions where Physocephala rufipes 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 (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus hortorum	Small Garden Bumblebee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus hortorum/	Bombus hortorum	small garden bumblebee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus humilis	Brown-banded Carder Bee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus humilis/	Bombus humilis	brown-banded carder bee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus lapidarius	Large Red-tailed Bumblebee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/	Bombus lapidarius	large red-tailed bumblebee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus lucorum	White-tailed Bumblebee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lucorum/	Bombus lucorum	white-tailed bumblebee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus pascuorum	Common Carder Bee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus pascuorum/	Bombus pascuorum	common carder bee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus pratorum	Early Bumblebee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus pratorum/	Bombus pratorum	early bumblebee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus ruderarius	Red-tailed Carder Bee, Red-shanked Carder Bee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus ruderarius/	Bombus ruderarius	red-tailed carder bee, red-shanked carder bee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus sylvarum	Shrill Carder Bee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus sylvarum/	Bombus sylvarum	shrill carder bee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Bombus terrestris	Buff-tailed Bumblebee	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus terrestris/	Bombus terrestris	buff-tailed bumblebee				adult
larva (solitary)		solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult			Vespula rufa	Red Wasp	Hymenoptera: Vespidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespula rufa/	Vespula rufa	red wasp				adult
adult		adult visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum			Jacobaea vulgaris	Common Ragwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly				adult	Foodplant / visitor			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Jacobaea vulgaris/	Jacobaea vulgaris	common ragwort				capitulum
adult		adult visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum			Carduus	a genus of thistles	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/	Physocephala rufipes	a thick-headed fly				adult	Foodplant / visitor			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/	Carduus	a genus of thistles				capitulum

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

Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CONOPIDAE
(thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)
Family	CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
Superfamily	CONOPOIDEA (thick-headed flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Physocephala rufipes is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)

Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CONOPIDAE
(thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly):

CONOPIDAE
(thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)

Creative Commons License

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)