Eriozona syrphoides (Fallen, 1817)
(a hoverfly)

Interactions where Eriozona syrphoides 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 is predator of Restricted APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eriozona syrphoides/Eriozona syrphoidesa hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/AphidoideaaphidsSole
larva larva is predator of Foreign Cinara a genus of conifer aphids Hemiptera: Aphididae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eriozona syrphoides/Eriozona syrphoidesa hoverflylarva Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cinara/Cinaraa genus of conifer aphids
larva larva is associated with Foreign Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eriozona syrphoides/Eriozona syrphoidesa hoverflylarva Plant / associateForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruces
larva larva is associated with Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eriozona syrphoides/Eriozona syrphoidesa hoverflylarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspines

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEriozona syrphoides (a hoverfly)
GenusEriozona (a genus of flies)
TribeSyrphini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (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 Eriozona syrphoides (a hoverfly)

Eriozona syrphoides (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ismay, J.W. 2004 Eriozona syrphoides (Fallén, 1817) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Oxfordshire. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 102.

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

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