''Myophthiria'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of biting
flies in the family of louse flies,
Hippoboscidae. There are 13 known species.
All species are
Parasites of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
s.
Distribution
''Myophthiria'' are found worldwide with the exception of
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
.
Systematics
*Genus ''Myophthiria''
Rondani, 1875
:*Species group '1' (Old World)
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M. capsoides''
Rondani, 1878
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M. lyaeoides''
Rondani, 1878
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M. reduvioides''
Rondani, 1875
:*Species group '2' (New World)
::*''
M. fimbriata''
(Waterhouse, 1887)
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M. neotropica''
Bequaert
Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35
Career ...
, 1943
:*
Incertae sedis
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M. figiarum''
Maa, 1980
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M. javanica''
Maa, 1980
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M. malayna''
Maa, 1980
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M. neocaledonica''
Maa, 1980
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M. neohebudarum''
Maa, 1980
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M. queenslandae''
Maa, 1980
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M. wilsoni''
Maa, 1980
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M. zelanica''
Maa, 1980
References
Parasites of birds
Hippoboscidae
Hippoboscoidea genera
Taxa named by Camillo Rondani
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