Hippobosca

Hippobosca is a genus of flies in the family Hippoboscidae, with seven known species. There are numerous synonyms.^[6]^[7]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Diptera

Family:Hippoboscidae

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Hippobosca

Hippobosca equina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Tribe:	Hippoboscini
Genus:	Hippobosca Linnaeus, 1758^[1]
Type species
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758^[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Hippoboscus Gray, 1832^[2] Hyppobosca Guerin, 1831^[3] Nirmomyia Nitzsch, 1818^[4] Zoomyia Bigot, 1885^[5]

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Distribution

The primary distribution of Hippobosca is in Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. It has been introduced to other locations, although in some cases it has been later eradicated by modern husbandry practices.^[8]

Species

Genus Hippobosca Linnaeus, 1758^[1]

Species group 'a'

Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758^[1]
Hippobosca fulva Austen, 1912^[9]
Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805^[10]

Species group 'b'

Hippobosca camelina Leach, 1817^[11]

Species group 'c'

Hippobosca hirsuta Austen, 1911^[12]
Hippobosca rufipes von Olfers, 1816^[13]
Hippobosca variegata Megerle, 1803^[14]

References

[1]
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae... Ed. 10, Vol. 1. Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L. Salvii. pp. 824 pp. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
[2]
Griffith, E.; Pidgeon, E. (1832). Part 34, pp. 577-796 of their: The class Insecta arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith, F.L.S., A.S. &c. and Edward Pidgeon, Esq. and notices of new genera and species by George Gray, Esq. Volume the second. In Griffith, E., et al., The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order. Volume the fifteenth. London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co. pp. 793 pp.
[3]
Guérin, F.E. (1831). In Duperrey, L. I. (ed.), Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette de sa majeste La Coquille. Zoologie. Atlas. Insectes. Paris: A. Bertrand. pp. Plates 20-21 23-24.
[4]
Nitzsch, C.L. (1818). "Die Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsekten (Insecta epizoica) als Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben" (PDF). Mag. Ent. (Germar). 3: 261–316. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
[5]
J. Beguaert (1930). "Notes on Hippoboscidæ" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 32 (6). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge Entomological Club: 266–277. doi:10.1155/1925/29374.
[6]
Hutson, A.M (1984). Diptera: Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 7. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 84 pp.
[7]
Maa, T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph. 20. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: 261–299pp.
[8]
"Hippobosca equina Linnaeus". CSIRO Entomology. 2004.
[9]
Austen, E.E. (1912). "A new species of Hippobosca from northern Rhodesia". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 3 (4): 417. doi:10.1017/S000748530000208X. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
[10]
Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
[11]
Leach, W.E. On the genera and species of eproboscideous insects. 20 pp., pls. 20-27. In his On the genera and species of eproboscideous insects, and on the arrangement of oestrideous insects. Edinburgh: Neill & Co. pp. 20 + 2 pp., 3 pls.
[12]
Austen, E.E. (1911). "New African Hippoboscidae". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 2 (2): 169–172. doi:10.1017/S0007485300001371. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
[13]
Olfers, I.F.M. von (1816). De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatis reperiundis commentarius. Pars I. Berolini [=Berlin]: Maureriana. pp. vi + 112 + [1] pp., 1 pl.
[14]
Megerle, von Muhlfeld (1803). "Appendix ad catalogum insectorum, quae mense novembris". Viennae Austrae Auctionis Lege Vendita Fuere. MDCCII: 18.

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