Species Lipoptena cervi - Deer Ked

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited

Bug I found on my goats in VT - Lipoptena cervi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Hippoboscoidea

Family Hippoboscidae (Louse Flies)

Subfamily Lipopteninae

Genus Lipoptena

Species cervi (Deer Ked)

Other Common Names

Old World Deer Ked, Deer Fly, Elk Fly

Explanation of Names

Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus 1758)

Size

3.5-5 mm

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA and widespread in ne US (NH-VA)(1)

Season

adults fly in the fall, sometimes until December

Food

hosts: elk, deer and other bovines

preferred host in Europe: moose(1)

Works Cited

1.	Deer Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena and Neolipoptena) in the United States and Canada... Skvarla M.J., Machtinger E.T. 2019. J. Med. Entomol. XX(X): 1-17.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 February, 2009 - 1:08pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 26 January, 2019 - 9:08pm

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