Zodion cinereum (Fabricius, 1794)
(a thick-headed fly)

Interactions where Zodion cinereum 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 Foreign Hylaeus quadricinctus (A Solitary Bee) Hymenoptera: Colletidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Zodion cinereum/Zodion cinereuma thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Colletidae/Hylaeus quadricinctus/Hylaeus quadricinctus(a solitary bee)adult
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Foreign Halictus nylanderi a solitary bee Hymenoptera: Halictidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Zodion cinereum/Zodion cinereuma thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Halictidae/Halictus nylanderi/Halictus nylanderia solitary beeadult
larva (solitary) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Foreign Halictus rubicundus Yellow-legged Furrow Bee Hymenoptera: Halictidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Zodion cinereum/Zodion cinereuma thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Halictidae/Halictus rubicundus/Halictus rubicundusyellow-legged furrow beeadult

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZodion cinereum (a thick-headed fly)
GenusZodion (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 Zodion cinereum (a thick-headed fly)

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

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

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