Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly)

Interactions where Lipoptena cervi 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
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Capreolus capreolus	Roe Deer	Artiodactyla: Cervidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Capreolus capreolus/	Capreolus capreolus	roe deer					Major
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Cervus elaphus	Red Deer	Artiodactyla: Cervidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Cervus elaphus/	Cervus elaphus	red deer					Major
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Cervus nippon	Sika Deer	Artiodactyla: Cervidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Cervus nippon/	Cervus nippon	sika deer
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Dama dama	Fallow Deer	Artiodactyla: Cervidae	Fallow Deer, Chapman, N., 1984 Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Dama dama/	Dama dama	fallow deer
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Hydropotes inermis	Chinese Water Deer	Artiodactyla: Cervidae	Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer, Dansie, O. Cooke, A. & Farrell, L., 1983	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Hydropotes inermis/	Hydropotes inermis	Chinese water deer
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Rangifer tarandus	Reindeer	Artiodactyla: Cervidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Rangifer tarandus/	Rangifer tarandus	reindeer
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Canis lupus ssp familiaris	Dog, Domestic Dog	Carnivora: Canidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Canis lupus subsp. familiaris/	Canis lupus subsp. familiaris	dog, domestic dog					Rare
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Meles meles	Badger, Eurasian Badger	Carnivora: Mustelidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Mustelidae/Meles meles/	Meles meles	badger, eurasian badger					Rare
adult		adult ectoparasitises			Homo sapiens	Man, Human	Primates: Hominidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/	Lipoptena cervi	deer ked, deer-ked, deer fly				adult	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Homo sapiens/	Homo sapiens	man, human					Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Chapman, N., 1984	Fallow Deer	24pp, The Mammal Society
Dansie, O. Cooke, A. & Farrell, L., 1983	Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer	43pp, The British Deer Society
Hutson, A.M., 1984	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly)
Family	HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
Superfamily	HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lipoptena cervi is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly)

Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HIPPOBOSCIDAE
(“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly):

HIPPOBOSCIDAE
(“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Lipoptena cervi (Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly)

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