Hippoboscinae is a subfamily of the fly

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Hippoboscidae __NOTOC__ Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well, though others with vestigial or no wings are flightless and highly apomorphic. As ...

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, and unlike some other members of the Hippoboscidae, all Hippoboscinae are winged species.

Systematics

*Genus '' Hippobosca''

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, 1758 :*'' H. camelina''

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, 1817 :*'' H. equina''

, 1758 :*'' H. fulva'' Austen, 1912 :*'' H. hirsuta'' Austen, 1911 :*'' H. longipennis'' Fabricius, 1805 :*'' H. rufipes'' von Olfers, 1816 :*'' H. variegata'' Megerle, 1803 *Genus '' Struthibosca'' Maa, 1963 :*'' S. struthionis'' (Janson, 1889)

References

Parasitic flies Hippoboscidae Brachycera subfamilies {{Parasite-insect-stub