Conops quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
(a thick-headed fly)

Interactions where Conops quadrifasciatus 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 lapidarius Large Red-tailed Bumblebee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Conops quadrifasciatus/Conops quadrifasciatusa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus lapidarius/Bombus lapidariuslarge red-tailed bumblebeeadult

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesConops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
GenusConops (a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers)
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)
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Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Clements, D.K. 1997 Conops vitellinus (Diptera, Conopidae): a possible British species Dipterists Digest Vol 3: 49-53.

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

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

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