''Icosta'' are

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of biting flies in the

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of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 52 known species, making it the largest Hippoboscid genus. All species are parasites of

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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'' ( Lutz, 1915) :::*'' I. holoptera omnisetosa'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. macclurei'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. massonnati'' (Falcoz, 1926) ::*'' I. schoutedeni'' (

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, 1945) :*Subgenus '' Gypoeca'' ::*'' I. meda'' (Maa, 1963) :*Subgenus ''

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'' ::*'' 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'' ( Walker, 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'' (

, 1955) ::*'' I. lonchurae'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. maquilingensis'' (Ferris, 1924) ::*'' I. minor'' ( Bigot in

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

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

, 1943) ::*'' I. rufiventris'' ( Bigot, 1885) ::*'' I. sensilis sensilis'' Maa, 1969 :::*'' I. sensilis reducta'' Maa, 1969 ::*'' I. simplex'' ( Walker, 1861) ::*'' I. suvaensis'' (

, 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