Brueelia marginata (Burmeister)
(a feather louse)

Interactions where Brueelia marginata 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 Turdus thrushes Passeriformes: Turdidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Brueelia marginata/Brueelia marginataa feather louse Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Turdus/Turdusthrushes
hitches a ride on UK/Ireland Ornithomya avicularia a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Brueelia marginata/Brueelia marginataa feather louse Animal / phoresyUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/Ornithomya aviculariaa 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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrueelia marginata (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)

Brueelia marginata (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 Brueelia marginata (a feather louse):

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