BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Homo sapiens L. (Man)

Suggested Literature

Homo sapiens may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
CHORDATA
(vertebrates)
MAMMALIA
(mammals)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Homo sapiens:

(sleeping) sleeping has blood sucked by nymph Cimex lectularius - Bed Bug, Wall Louse, "Mahogany Flat", "Crimson Rambler" (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) UK/Ireland Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
(sleeping) sleeping has blood sucked by imago Cimex lectularius - Bed Bug, Wall Louse, "Mahogany Flat", "Crimson Rambler" (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) UK/Ireland Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
dung may contain larva Fannia scalaris - a lesser house fly (Diptera: Fanniidae) van Emden, F.I., 1954
has blood sucked by Argas reflexus - Canterbury Or Pigeon Tick (Ixodida: Argasidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Argas vespertilionis - Short-legged Bat Tick (Ixodida: Argasidae) Minor Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Dermacentor reticulatus - Marsh Tick, Ornate Cow Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Haemaphysalis punctata - Coastal Red Tick, Red Sheep Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Minor Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Ixodes acuminatus - a hard tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Minor Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Ixodes hexagonus - Hedgehog Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
Photos has blood sucked by Ixodes ricinus - Sheep Tick, Pasture Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Deer Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
Photos has blood sucked by Ixodes trianguliceps - Vole Or Shrew Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Minor Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Ixodes uriae - Seabird Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Ixodes ventalloi - Rabbit Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Minor Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Rhipicephalus sanguineus - Kennel Or Brown Dog Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
is ectoparasitised by imago Hippobosca equina - a flat fly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) UK/Ireland Minor Hutson, A.M., 1984
Photos is ectoparasitised by imago Lipoptena cervi - Deer-ked Or Deer Fly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) UK/Ireland Rare Hutson, A.M., 1984
may be infected by Cryptococcus yeast anamorph Filobasidiella neoformans - a basidiomycete yeast (Tremellales) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [causes Cryptococcosis]
Photos gums (live, ulcered) live, ulcered gums is parasitised by mycelium Schizophyllum commune - Splitgill (Agaricales: Schizophyllaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos gut gut is endoparasitised by larva Sarcophaga carnaria - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Minor van Emden, F.I., 1954
gut gut is parasitised by larva Ravinia pernix - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Minor van Emden, F.I., 1954
sewage bed (dried-out) dried-out sewage bed dung may support fruitbody Psilocybe merdaria - a brownie (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos toe nails toe nails is parasitised by mycelium Schizophyllum commune - Splitgill (Agaricales: Schizophyllaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wound (superficial) superficial wound may house larva Angiometopa ruralis - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Foreign van Emden, F.I., 1954
wound wound is ectoparasitised by larva Lucilia sericata - Sheep Maggot Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Minor van Emden, F.I., 1954

Homo sapiens may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
CHORDATA
(vertebrates)
MAMMALIA
(mammals)

References

Hillyard, P.D., 1996 Ticks of North-West Europe
Hutson, A.M., 1984 Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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