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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Hippoboscoidea » Louse Flies (Hippoboscidae) » Lipopteninae

Subfamily Lipopteninae

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louse fly? Bug I found on my goats in VT - Lipoptena Bug I found on my goats in VT - Lipoptena Deer Louse Fly Deer louse fly? Louse Fly? Hippoboscid - Lipoptena mazamae Ked - 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
Numbers
Three genera occur in North America: Lipoptena (3 spp.), Neolipoptena (1 sp.) and Melophagus (1 introduced sp.)
Life Cycle
Hosts are artiodactylous mammals.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 10 September, 2008 - 11:52am

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