Muscomorpha
(hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)

Interactions where Muscomorpha is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
adult spreads spore Foreign Splachnum collar-mosses Splachnales: Splachnaceae Mosses and Liverworts, Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005
 /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Splachnales/Splachnaceae/Splachnum/Splachnumcollar-mossesspore Animal / vectorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscomorpha/Muscomorphahover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottlesadult spore is spread by adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005Mosses and LiverwortsNew Naturalist, 480pp, HarperCollins

Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Acalyptratae
acalypterate flies
Section (Zoo.) 1 references
Aschiza
hover, drone, big-headed, scuttle, flat-footed, big-footed & pointed-wing flies
Series (Zoo.) 1 references
Calyptratae
dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles
Section (Zoo.) 1 subtaxa 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Papp, L. & Darvas, B. 1998 Palaearctic Diptera Vol 3: Higher Brachycera Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Vol 3, 880pp, Science Herald, Budapest

Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of Muscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
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