Hippoboscinae Explained

Hippoboscinae is a subfamily of the fly family Hippoboscidae. All are parasitic, and unlike some other members of the Hippoboscidae, all Hippoboscinae are winged species.^{[1] [2]}

Systematics

• Genus Hippobosca Linnaeus, 1758^[3]

• Hippobosca camelina Leach, 1817^[4]

• Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758^[3]

• Hippobosca fulva Austen, 1912^[5]

• Hippobosca hirsuta Austen, 1911^[6]

• Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805^[7]

• Hippobosca rufipes von Olfers, 1816^[8]

• Hippobosca variegata Megerle, 1803^[9]
• Genus Struthiobosca Maa, 1963^[10]

• S. struthionis (Janson, 1889)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hutson, A.M. 1984. Diptera: Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae). 84 pp. . Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 7 .
2. Dick, C. W.. 2006. Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).. Chicago. Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. 1–7pp.
3. Book: Linnaeus . C. . Systema naturae... Ed. 10, Vol. 1 . 1758 . L. Salvii. Holmiae [= Stockholm] . 824 pp . 14 November 2022.
4. Book: Leach . W.E. . On the genera and species of eproboscideous insects. 20 pp., pls. 20-27. In his On the genera and species of eproboscideous insects, and on the arrangement of oestrideous insects . Neill & Co. . Edinburgh . 20 + 2 pp., 3 pls.
5. Austen . E.E. . A new species of Hippobosca from northern Rhodesia . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 1912 . 3 . 4 . 417 . 10.1017/S000748530000208X . 12 April 2024.
6. Austen . E.E. . New African Hippoboscidae . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 1911 . 2 . 2 . 169–172 . 10.1017/S0007485300001371 . 12 April 2024.
7. Book: Fabricius . Johann Christian . Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species . 1805 . Apud Carolum Reichard . Bransvigae . i-xiv, 1–373. 5 June 2020.
8. Book: Olfers . I.F.M. von . De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatis reperiundis commentarius. Pars I. . 1816 . Maureriana . Berolini [=Berlin] . vi + 112 + [1] pp., 1 pl.
9. Megerle . von Muhlfeld . Appendix ad catalogum insectorum, quae mense novembris . Viennae Austrae Auctionis Lege Vendita Fuere . 1803 . MDCCII . 18.
10. Maa . T. C . Genera and species of Hippoboscidae (Diptera) types, synonymy, habitats and natural groupings . Pacific Insects Monograph . 1963 . 6 . 1–186 . 12 April 2024.
11. Book: Ormerod . E.A. . Notes and descriptions of a few injurious farm and fruit insects of South Africa . 1889 . Simpkin, Marshall & Co. . London . viii + 116 pp.