Apus Scopoli, 1777
(swifts)

Interactions where Apus 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
is ectoparasitised by imago UK/IrelandMinor Crataerina hirundinis a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Crataerina hirundinis/Crataerina hirundinisa flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Apodidae/Apus/ApusswiftsMinor imago ectoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Hutson, A.M., 1984Keds, 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

Apus (swifts) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Apus (swifts) 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
Apus apus
Swift, Common Swift
Species 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusApus (swifts)
FamilyAPODIDAE (swifts)
OrderAPODIFORMES (swifts)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Apus (swifts)

Apus (swifts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Apus (swifts):

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