Sturniidoecus sturni
(a feather louse)

Interactions where Sturniidoecus sturni 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 UK/Ireland Sturnus vulgaris Starling, Common Starling Passeriformes: Sturnidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Sturniidoecus sturni/Sturniidoecus sturnia feather louse Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Sturnidae/Sturnus vulgaris/Sturnus vulgarisstarling, common starling
hitches a ride on UK/Ireland Ornithomya chloropus a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Sturniidoecus sturni/Sturniidoecus sturnia feather louse Animal / phoresyUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya chloropus/Ornithomya chloropusa flat fly

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

Sturniidoecus sturni (a feather louse) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sturniidoecus sturni (a feather louse) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSturniidoecus sturni (a feather 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)

Sturniidoecus sturni (a feather louse) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sturniidoecus sturni (a feather louse):

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