Volucella inanis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Interactions where Volucella inanis 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 ectoparasitises larva Restricted VESPIDAE potter, mason and social wasps Hymenoptera Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Volucella inanis/Volucella inanisa hoverflylarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Vespidaepotter, mason and social waspslarvaSole

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

Volucella inanis (a hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Volucella inanis (a hoverfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVolucella inanis (a hoverfly)
GenusVolucella (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeVolucellini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (a subfamily of 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 Volucella inanis (a hoverfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2002 An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45.

Volucella inanis (a hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2003 The changing distribution of Volucella inanis (L.) (Diptera: Syrphidae) Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 16 (4): 221-227.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Volucella inanis (a hoverfly):

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