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Physocephala rufipes

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Wikipedia Abstract

Physocephala rufipes is a species of fly from the genus Physocephala in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. It is common throughout much of Europe.
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Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Bombus terrestris (Large Earth Humble-bee)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Brachicoma devia1
Pernis apivorus (European Honey Buzzard)1
Sicus ferrugineus1
Volucella bombylans1
Volucella pellucens (White-banded Drone Fly)1

Providers

Parasite of 
Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Humble-bee)[1]
Bombus lucorum (White-tailed bumblebee)[1]
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder-bee)[1]
Bombus pratorum (Early-nesting Humble-bee)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0