Hippoboscidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Calyptratae
Superfamilia: Hippoboscoidea

Familia: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Hippoboscinae - Lipopteninae - Ornithomyinae
Overview Genera

Allobosca – Anastrebla – Anatrichobius – Archinycteribia – Ascodipteron – Aspidoptera – Basilia – Brachytarsina – Conotibia – Crataerina – Cyclopodia – Dipseliopoda – Eldunnia – Eucampsipoda – Exastinion – Hershkovitzia – Hippobosca – Joblingia – Leptocyclopodia – Lipoptena – Lynchia – Maabella – Mastoptera – Megastrebla – Megistapophysis – Megistopoda – Melophagus – Metelasmus – Microlynchia – Myophthiria – Neolipoptena – Neotrichobius – Noctiliostrebla – Nycteribia – Nycterophilia – Olfersia – Ornithoctona – Ornithoica – Ornithomya – Ornithophila – Ortholfersia – Paraascodipteron – Paradyschiria – Paraeuctenodes – Parastrebla – Paratrichobius – Penicillidia – Phalconomus – Phthiridium – Phthona – Proparabosca – Pseudolynchia – Pseudostrebla – Raymondia – Raymondioides – Speiserella – Speiseria – Stereomyia – Stilbometopa – Stizostrebla – Strebla – Struthiobosca – Synthesiostrebla – Trichobioides – Trichobius – Xenotrichobius – †Enischnomyia

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist, minus (1) Craterina
, plus (1) †Enischnomyia
]
Name

Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819

Synonyms

Nycteribiidae
Streblidae

References

Samouelle, G. 1819. The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Thomas Boys, London, 496 pp., 12 pls. BHL. Reference page.
Oboňa, J., Syrcha, O., Greš, S., Heřman, P., Manko, P., Roháček, J., Šestáková, A., Šlapák, J. & Hromada, M. 2019. A revised annotated checklist of louse flies (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) from Slovakia. ZooKeys 862: 129–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.862.25992 Paywall. Reference page.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Крывасоскі
References

Dick, C.W., Graciolli, G. & Guerrero, R. 2016. FAMILY STREBLIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 784–802. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.67. Reference page.
Graciolli, G. 2016. FAMILY HIPPOBOSCIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 771–775. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.65. Reference page.
Maa, T.C. 1963: Genera and species of Hippoboscidae (Diptera): types, synonymy, habitats and natural groupings. Pacific insects monograph, (6) PDF Reference page.
Scott, H. 1932: Some Nycteribiidae from the Australian Region. Part I: species from the New Hebrides. Stylops, 1(1): 16–24. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1932.tb01331.x

Additional references

Szentiványi, T., Estók, P. & Földvári, M. 2016. Checklist of host associations of European bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae, Streblidae). Zootaxa 4205(2): 101–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.1. Reference page.

Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well, though others with vestigial or no wings are flightless and highly apomorphic. As usual in their superfamily Hippoboscoidea, most of the larval development takes place within the mother's body, and pupation occurs almost immediately.[2]
The winged Pseudolynchia canariensis

The sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus, is a wingless, reddish-brown fly that parasitizes sheep. The Neotropical deer ked, Lipoptena mazamae, is a common ectoparasite of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the southeastern United States. Both winged and wingless forms may be seen. A common winged species is Hippobosca equina, called "the louse fly" among riders. Species in other genera are found on birds; for example, Ornithomya bequaerti has been collected from birds in Alaska. Two species of the Hippoboscidae – Ornithoica (Ornithoica) podargi and Ornithomya fuscipennis are also common parasites of the tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) of Australia.

Pseudolynchia canariensis is commonly found on pigeons and doves, and can serve as the vector of "pigeon malaria" (Haemoproteus columbae). Louse flies of birds may transmit other parasites such as those in the genus Plasmodium or other Haemoproteus parasites. Some evidence indicates that other Hippoboscidae can serve as vectors of disease agents to mammals. For example, a louse fly of the species Icosta americana was found with West Nile Virus infection from an American Kestrel[3]
Systematics

In some obsolete taxonomies, the name Hippoboscidae is applied to the group properly known as Pupipara, i.e. the present family plus the bat flies (Nycteribiidae and "Streblidae"). They are called pupipara because the females birth live young, one at a time, that are deposited as late stage larvae called a prepuparium that pupate immediately at birth.[4][5][6] For the species Pseudolynchia canariensis, as well as other louse flies, reproduction is energetically expensive. Larvae feed on milk glands within the female fly prior to being deposited. Single offspring (pupae) can weigh more than an unfed emerged adult fly since the pupal casing is included in the pupal weight and teneral flies often put on mass after their first few blood meals.[7] Two of the three traditional subfamilies (Hippoboscinae and Lipopteninae) have been shown to be good monophyletic groups at least overall. According to cladistic analysis of several DNA sequences, to make the Ornithomyinae monophyletic, their tribe Olfersini deserves to be recognized as a full family, too.[8][9]

Subfamily Ornithomyinae Bigot, 1853

Genus Allobosca Speiser, 1899 (1 species)
Genus Austrolfersia Bequaert, 1953 (1 species)
Genus Crataerina von Olfers, 1816 (8 species)
Genus Icosta Speiser, 1905 (52 species)
Genus Microlynchia Lutz, 1915 (4 species)
Genus Myophthiria Róndani, 1875 (13 species)
Genus Olfersia Leach, 1817 (7 species)
Genus Ornithoctona Speiser, 1902 (12 species)
Genus Ornithoica Róndani, 1878 (24 species)
Genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (29 species)
Genus Ornithophila Róndani, 1879 (2 species)
Genus Ortholfersia Speiser, 1902 (4 species)
Genus Phthona Maa, 1969 (3 species)
Genus Proparabosca Theodor & Oldroyd 1965 (1 species)
Genus Pseudolynchia Bequaert, 1926 (5 species)
Genus Stilbometopa Coquillett, 1899 (5 species)

Subfamily Hippoboscinae

Genus Hippobosca Linnaeus, 1758 (7 species)
Genus Struthibosca Maa, 1963 (1 species)

Subfamily Lipopteninae

Genus Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 (30 species)
Genus Melophagus Latreille, 1802 (3 species)
Genus Neolipoptena Bequaert, 1942 (1 species)

See also

Ked itch
Use of DNA in forensic entomology

References

Maa, T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monograph. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. 20: 261–299.
Hutson, A.M (1984). Diptera: Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 7. Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 84.
Bó, M. Susana; Cabezas, Sonia; Martínez, Pablo; Sarasola, José H.; Cicchino, Armando C.; Santillán, Miguel Á; Liébana, M. Soledad (2011). "Ectoparasites In Free-Ranging American Kestrels In Argentina: Implications for the Transmission of Viral Diseases". Journal of Raptor Research. 45 (4): 335–342. doi:10.3356/JRR-11-26.1. ISSN 0892-1016.
Walker, Meredith Swett (2015-05-18). "Behold the Hippoboscidae: Bizarre Biting Flies that Give Live Birth!". Entomology Today. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
ZADBI: Zurqui All-Diptera Biodiversity Inventory: How to Identify Flies – Cyclorrhapha, on: phorid.net, 2013. See: Hippoboscidae (louse flies), Natural History
Joel Kits: Species Pseudolynchia canariensis - Pigeon Fly: Life Cycle, on BugGuide, 21 March 2005; cited by: Pigeon Louse Fly, we believe, om: What's That Bug
Waite, Jessica L.; Henry, Autumn R.; Adler, Frederick R.; Clayton, Dale H. (2012). "Sex-specific effects of an avian malaria parasite on an insect vector: support for the resource limitation hypothesis". Ecology. 93 (11): 2448–2455. doi:10.1890/11-2229.1. ISSN 1939-9170. PMID 23236915.
Petersen, Frederik Torp; Meier, Rudolf; Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan; Wiegmann, Brian M. . (October 2007). "The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (1): 111–122. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.023. PMID 17583536.
Dick, C. W. (20 December 2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)" (PDF). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2009.