Ornithomyinae 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 ...

. All are blood feeding

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, for the most part on

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s, though some have mammals as hosts.

Systematics

*Subfamily Ornithomyinae

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, 1853 :*Genus '' Allobosca'' Speiser, 1899 (1 species) :*Genus '' Austrolfersia'' Bequaert, 1953 (1 species) :*Genus '' Crataerina'' von Olfers, 1816 (8 species) :*Genus '' Icosta'' Speiser, 1905 (52 species) :*Genus '' Microlynchia'' Lutz, 1915 (4 species) :*Genus '' Myophthiria'' Rondani, 1875 (13 species) :*Genus '' Olfersia''

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, 1817 (7 species) :*Genus '' Ornithoctona'' Speiser, 1902 (12 species) :*Genus '' Ornithoica'' Rondani, 1878 (24 species) :*Genus '' Ornithomya'' Latreille, 1802 (29 species) :*Genus '' Ornithophila'' Rondani, 1879 (2 species) :*Genus '' Ortholfersia'' Speiser, 1902 (4 species) :*Genus '' Phthona'' Maa, 1969 (3 species) :*Genus '' Proparabosca'' Theodor & Oldroyd 1965 (1 species) :*Genus '' Pseudolynchia'' Bequaert, 1926 (5 species) :*Genus '' Stilbometopa'' Coquillett, 1899 (5 species)

References

Parasitic flies Hippoboscidae Brachycera subfamilies Taxa named by Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot {{parasitic animal-stub