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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
PUPIPARA
(bat flies and flat flies)
Phthiridium biarticulata
(a bat-louse fly)
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Phthiridium biarticulata (Hermann, 1804) (a bat-louse fly)

Suggested Literature

Phthiridium biarticulata may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 PUPIPARA
(bat flies and flat flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Phthiridium biarticulata is associated with:

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum - Greater Horseshoe Bat (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Major Hutson, A.M., 1984
Rhinolophus hipposideros - Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Major Hutson, A.M., 1984
Myotis myotis - Mouse-eared Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ectoparasitises Foreign Hutson, A.M., 1984
Pipistrellus pipistrellus - Pipistrelle (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Minor Hutson, A.M., 1984
Plecotus auritus - Brown Long-eared Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Minor Hutson, A.M., 1984

There may be more taxa associated with Phthiridium biarticulata listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with Phthiridium biarticulata:

Phthiridium biarticulata may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Hutson, A.M., 1984 Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)

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