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Hippoboscidae
| Description | 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 usual in their superfamily Hippoboscoidea, most of the larval development takes place within the mother's body, and pupation occurs almost immediately. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippoboscidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Hippoboscidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | louse fly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Hippoboscidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (80%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Louse Fly, Lusflugor, Keds, Louse Flies, Louseflies, Luisvliegen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippoboscidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Allobosca genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anastrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anatrichobius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archinycteribia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ascodipteron genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidoptera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Basilia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Brachytarsina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conotibia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crataerina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Craterina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyclopodia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dipseliopoda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eldunnia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eucampsipoda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Exastinion genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hershkovitzia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hippobosca genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Icosta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Joblingia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptocyclopodia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lipoptena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lynchia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lynchia genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Maabella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mastoptera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Megastrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Megistapophysis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Megistopoda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Melophagus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metelasmus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Microlynchia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myophthiria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neolipoptena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neotrichobius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Noctiliostrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nycteribia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nycterophilia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olfersia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornithoctona genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornithoica genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornithomya genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ornithomyia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornithophila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornithoponus genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Ortholfersia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paraascodipteron genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paradyschiria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paraeuctenodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parastrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paratrichobius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Penicillidia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phalconomus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phthiridium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phthona genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Proparabosca genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudolynchia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudostrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Raymondia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Raymondioides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Speiserella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Speiseria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stenepteryx genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stereomyia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stilbometopa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stizostrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Struthiobosca genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Synthesiostrebla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trichobioides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trichobius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenotrichobius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aseodipteron africanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Austrolfersia ferrisi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1819 | Hippoboscidae Samouelle p. 302 |
| 1992 | Hippoboscidae Carpenter |
| 2011 | Hippoboscidae Wiegmann et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
