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Species Haematobia irritans - Horn Fly

Haematobia irritans - Horn fly - Haematobia irritans - male

Haematobia irritans - Horn fly - Haematobia irritans - female

Haematobia irritans irritans - Haematobia irritans

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Muscidae (House Flies and kin)

Subfamily Muscinae

Tribe Stomoxyini (Blood-feeding Muscidae)

Genus Haematobia

Species irritans (Horn Fly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Conops irritans Linnaeus, 1758 (Linnaeus placed Brachycera with beaks in the genus Conops)

Range

Widespread US and southern Canada. Introduced from France in 1887 according to UFL page.

Food

Adults drink blood, mostly from cattle.

Remarks

An economically important pest of cattle.

Internet References

University of Florida

Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 December, 2012 - 8:35pm

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