Damalinia indica
(a biting louse)

Interactions where Damalinia indica 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
ectoparasitises Muntiacus reevesi Muntjac, Barking Deer, Chinese Muntjac Artiodactyla: Cervidae Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer, Dansie, O. Cooke, A. & Farrell, L., 1983
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Damalinia indica/Damalinia indicaa biting louse Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Muntiacus reevesi/Muntiacus reevesimuntjac, barking deer, Chinese muntjac

Author & YearTitleSource
Dansie, O. Cooke, A. & Farrell, L., 1983Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer43pp, The British Deer Society

Damalinia indica (a biting louse) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Damalinia indica (a biting louse) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDamalinia indica (a biting louse)
SuborderMALLOPHAGA (chewing lice)
OrderPHTHIRAPTERA (sucking lice, louse)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
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)

Damalinia indica (a biting louse) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Damalinia indica (a biting louse):

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