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

Suggested Literature

Icosta ardeae 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

Icosta ardeae is associated with:

imago Ardea purpurea - Purple Heron (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae) imago ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Hutson, A.M., 1984
imago Botaurus stellaris - Bittern (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae) imago ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Hutson, A.M., 1984
imago Ixobrychus minutus - Little Bittern (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae) imago ectoparasitises UK/Ireland Hutson, A.M., 1984

There may be more taxa associated with Icosta ardeae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with Icosta ardeae:

Icosta ardeae 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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