Genus Lipoptena

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Bug I found on my goats in VT - Lipoptena

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Hippoboscoidea

Family Hippoboscidae (Louse Flies)

Subfamily Lipopteninae

Genus Lipoptena

Numbers

Three spp. per Arnett (1985) (1)

Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus 1758

Lipoptena depressa Say 1823

Lipoptena mazamae Rondani 1878

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 22 November, 2007 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 November, 2009 - 4:40am

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