Directory of Hippoboscidae Resources

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Family of often wingless flies, the louse flies or keds, parasitic on mammals and birds.

Resources in This Category

• "Stealth" Flies On Birds: The Hippoboscids

  http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek051108.html
  Photographs and information on these flat insects that live as parasites on birds and mammals.

• Album: Hippoboscidae

  http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?album_id=20
  Photographs of many flies in this family.

• Hippoboscidae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippoboscidae
  Information from Wikipedia on the louse flies or keds which are ectoparasites of mammals and birds.

• Lipoptena mazamae: Deer Ked

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/deer_ked.htm
  Provides photographs of this ectoparasite of the white-tailed deer, its distribution, identification, life history, habitat and hosts.

• Melophagus ovinus

  http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Melophagus.htm
  Information and a photograph of the sheep ked. Click to enlarge.

• Pseudolychia canariensis: Pigeon Fly

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/pigeon_fly.htm
  Provides photographs of this ectoparasite of pigeons and doves, its distribution, identification, life history, habitat, hosts and the other parasites with which it is associated.

 

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