Ecology
Associations
Known predators
Phaenicia sericata (P. sericata larvae) is prey of:
Sinea complexa
Saprinus discoidalis
Saprinus pennsylvanicus
Silpha truncata
Proctacanthella leucopogon
Pogonomyrmex desertorum
Solenopsis xyloni
Based on studies in:
USA: Texas, Hueco Mountains (Carrion substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Sinea complexa
Saprinus discoidalis
Saprinus pennsylvanicus
Silpha truncata
Proctacanthella leucopogon
Pogonomyrmex desertorum
Solenopsis xyloni
Based on studies in:
USA: Texas, Hueco Mountains (Carrion substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- M. McKinnerney, 1977. Carrion communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. M.S. thesis. University of Texas-El Paso, Texas; and 1978, Carrion communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Southw. Nat. 23:563-576, from thesis and p. 571.
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Known prey organisms
Phaenicia sericata (P. sericata larvae) preys on:
carcass
Based on studies in:
USA: Texas, Hueco Mountains (Carrion substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
carcass
Based on studies in:
USA: Texas, Hueco Mountains (Carrion substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- M. McKinnerney, 1977. Carrion communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. M.S. thesis. University of Texas-El Paso, Texas; and 1978, Carrion communities in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Southw. Nat. 23:563-576, from thesis and p. 571.
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