Hippoboscidae
Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lipoptena cervi, the deer ked, is a winged biting louse fly parasite of deer that loses wings after finding a host, native across Eurasia and introduced to North America.
Lipoptena depressa (Say, 1823)
Lipoptena depressa (Say, 1823)
Lipoptena depressa, the western North American deer ked, is a blood-feeding host-specific deer parasite occasionally mistaken for ticks.
Lipoptena mazamae Rondani, 1878
Lipoptena mazamae Rondani, 1878
Lipoptena mazamae (Neotropical deer ked) is a blood-feeding hippoboscid fly parasite of deer that can incidentally infect humans.
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758
Hippobosca equina is a side-moving fly species that primarily distributed across Europe, parts of Asia and Africa, feeding on mammal hosts.
Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805
Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805
Hippobosca longipennis is an African-origin blood-feeding fly related to sheep keds that feeds on carnivores and rarely bites humans.
Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart, 1839)
Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart, 1839)
Pseudolynchia canariensis is a Columbidae-specific obligate biting louse fly ectoparasite found worldwide where domestic pigeons are kept.
Crataerina pallida (Latreille, 1812)
Crataerina pallida (Latreille, 1812)
Crataerina pallida, the swift lousefly, is a vertically transmitted ectoparasite of common swifts in Europe and Asia.
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