''Icosta'' are

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of biting

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in the

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of louse flies,

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 ...

. There are 52 known species, making it the largest Hippoboscid genus. All species are

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Distribution

Worldwide, excluding

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Systematics

*Genus ''Icosta''

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, 1905 :*Subgenus '' Ardmoeca'' ::*'' I. albipennis'' (

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, 1823) ::*'' I. ardae ardae'' ( Macquart, 1835) :::*'' I. ardae botaurinorum'' (Swenk, 1916) ::*'' I. holoptera holoptera'' (

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, 1915) :::*'' I. holoptera omnisetosa'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. macclurei'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. massonnati'' (Falcoz, 1926) ::*'' I. schoutedeni'' ( Bequaert, 1945) :*Subgenus '' Gypoeca'' ::*'' I. meda'' (Maa, 1963) :*Subgenus '' Icosta'' ::*'' I. acromialis acromialis'' (

, 1904) :::*'' I. acromialis tuberculata'' (Ferris, 1927) ::*'' I. bicorna'' (Ferris, 1927) ::*'' I. bucerotina'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. chalcolampra'' (

, 1904) ::*'' I. coalescens'' (Maa, 1964) ::*'' I. corvina'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. diluta'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. dioxyrhina'' (

, 1904) ::*'' I. elbeli'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. fenestella'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. humilis'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. jactatrix'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. longipalpis'' ( Macquart, 1835) ::*'' I. malagasii'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. mecorrhina'' (Maa, 1964) ::*'' I. plana'' (

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, 1861) ::*'' I. recessa'' (Maa, 1964) ::*'' I. samoana'' (Ferris, 1927) ::*'' I. spinosa'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. subdentata'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. tarsata'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. trita'' (

, 1905) ::*'' I. wenzeli'' Maa, 1969 :*Subgenus '' Ornithoponus'' Aldrich, 1923 ::*'' I. americana'' (

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, 1817) ::*'' I. angustifrons'' (van der Wulp, 1903) ::*'' I. antica'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. australica'' (Paramonov, 1954) ::*'' I. dukei'' ( Austen, 1911) ::*'' I. hirsuta'' (Ferris, 1927) ::*'' I. latifacies'' ( Bequaert, 1955) ::*'' I. lonchurae'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. maquilingensis'' (Ferris, 1924) ::*'' I. minor'' (

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, 1858) ::*'' I. nigra'' (Perty, 1833) ::*'' I. papulata'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. parallelifrons'' (

, 1902) ::*'' I. paramonovi'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. plaumanni'' ( Bequaert, 1943) ::*'' I. rufiventris'' (

, 1885) ::*'' I. sensilis sensilis'' Maa, 1969 :::*'' I. sensilis reducta'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. simplex'' (

, 1861) ::*'' I. suvaensis'' ( Bequaert, 1941) ::*'' I. tripelta'' (Maa, 1964) ::*'' I. zumpti'' (Maa, 1964) :*Subgenus '' Rhyponotum'' ::*'' I. pilosa'' ( Macquart, 1843)

References

Parasitic flies Parasites of birds Hippoboscidae Taxa named by Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser Hippoboscoidea genera {{Parasite-insect-stub