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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Hippoboscoidea » Louse Flies (Hippoboscidae) » Lipopteninae » Lipoptena » Neotropical Deer Ked (Lipoptena mazamae)

Species Lipoptena mazamae - Neotropical Deer Ked

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 mazamae (Neotropical Deer Ked)
Other Common Names
Neotropical Deer Louse Fly
Explanation of Names
Lipoptena mazamae Rondani 1878
mazamae 'of Mazama' (Brocket deer, the species' host in the tropics)
Size
3.5-4.5 mm
Range
se US (VA-FL to MO-TX) to Argentina(1)(2)
Food
common obligate ectoparasite of white-tailed deer(2)
Print References
Drummond R.O. (1966) Lipoptena mazamae Rondani (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), a louse fly of deer, on cattle in southwestern Texas. J. Parasitol. 52: 825. (Full text)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Kern 2014)(3)
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.
2.A revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera).
Maa, T.C. 1969. Pacific Insects Monograph 20: 261-299.
3.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 February, 2009 - 1:56pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 26 January, 2019 - 9:12pm

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