Hippoboscidae
Hippoboscidae | |
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The flightless Crataerina pallida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
(unranked): | Eremoneura |
(unranked): | Cyclorrhapha |
Section: | Schizophora |
Subsection: | Calyptratae |
Superfamily: | Hippoboscoidea |
Family: | Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 |
Subfamilies | |
Synonyms | |
Hypoboscidae (lapsus) |
Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are
The sheep ked,
Systematics
In some obsolete taxonomies, the name Hippoboscidae is applied to the group properly known as
- Subfamily Bigot, 1853
- Genus Allobosca Speiser, 1899 (1 species)
- Genus Austrolfersia Bequaert, 1953 (1 species)
- Genus Crataerina von Olfers, 1816 (8 species)
- Genus Icosta Speiser, 1905 (52 species)
- Genus Microlynchia Lutz, 1915 (4 species)
- Genus Myophthiria Rondani, 1875 (13 species)
- Genus Olfersia Leach, 1817 (7 species)
- Genus Ornithoctona Speiser, 1902 (12 species)
- Genus Ornithoica Rondani, 1878 (24 species)
- Genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (29 species)
- Genus Ornithophila Rondani, 1879 (2 species)
- Genus Ortholfersia Speiser, 1902 (4 species)
- Genus Phthona Maa, 1969 (3 species)
- Genus Proparabosca Theodor & Oldroyd 1965 (1 species)
- Genus Pseudolynchia Bequaert, 1926 (5 species)
- Genus Stilbometopa Coquillett, 1899 (5 species)
- Subfamily Hippoboscinae
- Genus Hippobosca Linnaeus, 1758 (7 species)
- Genus Struthibosca Maa, 1963 (1 species)
- Subfamily Lipopteninae
- Genus Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 (30 species)
- Genus Melophagus Latreille, 1802 (3 species)
- Genus Neolipoptena Bequaert, 1942 (1 species)
See also
References
- Pacific Insects Monograph. 20. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: 261–299.
- Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 84.
- S2CID 54918715.
- ^ Walker, Meredith Swett (2015-05-18). "Behold the Hippoboscidae: Bizarre Biting Flies that Give Live Birth!". Entomology Today. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ ZADBI: Zurqui All-Diptera Biodiversity Inventory: How to Identify Flies – Cyclorrhapha, on: phorid.net, 2013. See: Hippoboscidae (louse flies), Natural History
- ^ Joel Kits: Species Pseudolynchia canariensis - Pigeon Fly: Life Cycle, on BugGuide, 21 March 2005; cited by: Pigeon Louse Fly, we believe, om: What's That Bug
- PMID 23236915.
- PMID 17583536.
- ^ Dick, C. W. (20 December 2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)" (PDF). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
External links
- [Jackson S. Whitman; Nixon Wilson (April–June 1992). "Incidence of Louse-flies (Hippoboscidae) in Some Alaskan Birds" (PDF). North American Bird Bander. 17 (2): 65–8.
- Sheep Ked
- Pigeon Louse Fly
- Pseudolychia canariensis as Vector of Pigeon Malaria
- Halos L, Jamal T, Maillard R, et al. (October 2004). "Role of Hippoboscidae flies as potential vectors of Bartonella spp. infecting wild and domestic ruminants". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70 (10): 6302–5. PMID 15466580.
- Photograph of A Louse Fly
- Images from Diptera.info.[1]
- Images from BugGuide [2]
- Pseudolychia canariensis, pigeon louse fly on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Lipoptena mazamae, Neotropical deer ked on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site