Megabothris turbidus (Rothschild, 1909)
(a bank vole/wood mouse flea)

Interactions where Megabothris turbidus 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
sucks the blood of skin Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Siphonaptera/Ceratophyllidae/Megabothris (Gebiella) turbidus/Megabothris (Gebiella) turbidusa bank vole/wood mouse flea Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mouseskin

Author & YearTitleSource
Flowerdew, J., 1984Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice24pp, The Mammal Society

Megabothris turbidus (a bank vole/wood mouse flea) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Megabothris turbidus (a bank vole/wood mouse flea) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegabothris turbidus (a bank vole/wood mouse flea)
GenusMegabothris (a genus of mammal fleas)
FamilyCERATOPHYLLIDAE (a family of fleas)
SuperfamilyCERATOPHYLLOIDEA (a superfamily of fleas)
OrderSIPHONAPTERA (fleas)
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 Megabothris turbidus (a bank vole/wood mouse flea)

Megabothris turbidus (a bank vole/wood mouse flea) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Megabothris turbidus (a bank vole/wood mouse flea):

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