Icosta ardeae (Macquart, 1835)
(a flat fly)

Interactions where Icosta ardeae 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
imago imago ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Ardea purpurea Purple Heron Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Icosta ardeae/Icosta ardeaea flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Ardea purpurea/Ardea purpureapurple heron
imago imago ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Botaurus stellaris Bittern, Great Bittern Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Icosta ardeae/Icosta ardeaea flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Botaurus stellaris/Botaurus stellarisbittern, great bittern
imago imago ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Ixobrychus minutus Little Bittern Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Icosta ardeae/Icosta ardeaea flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Ixobrychus minutus/Ixobrychus minutuslittle bittern

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

Icosta ardeae (a flat fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Icosta ardeae (a flat fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIcosta ardeae (a flat fly)
FamilyHIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
SuperfamilyHIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Icosta ardeae (a flat fly)

Icosta ardeae (a flat fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Icosta ardeae (a flat fly):

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