Lipoptena Explained

Lipoptena is a genus of flies in the family Hippoboscidae, known as louse flies or keds^[1]

Systematics

• Species group 'a'

• Lipoptena axis Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)^[3]

• Lipoptena efovea Speiser, 1905^[4]

• Lipoptena fortisetosa Maa, 1965^[5]

• Lipoptena japonica Bequaert, 1942^[6]

• Lipoptena nirvana Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena pauciseta Edwards, 1919

• Lipoptena rusaecola Bequaert, 1942^[6]

• Lipoptena saepes Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena sigma Maa, 1965^[5]

• Lipoptena timida Maa, 1969^[2]
• Species group 'b'

• Lipoptena pteropi Denny, 1843
• Species group 'c'

• Lipoptena arianae Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena capreoli Rondani, 1878

• Lipoptena chalcomleaena Speiser, 1904

• Lipoptena couturieri Séguy, 1935

• Lipoptena grahami Bequaert, 1942^[6]

• Lipoptena saltatrix Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena weidneri Maa, 1969^[2]
• Species group 'd'

• Lipoptena binoculus (Speiser, 1908)

• Lipoptena hopkinsi Bequaert, 1942^[6]

• Lipoptena iniqua Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena paradoxa Newstead, 1907

• Lipoptena sepiacea Speiser, 1905^[4]
• Species group 'e'

• Lipoptena depressa (Say, 1823)

• Lipoptena depressa pacifica Maa, 1969^[2]

• Lipoptena guimaraesi Bequaert, 1957

• Lipoptena mazamae Rondani, 1878
• Incertae sedis

• Lipoptena doszhanovi Grunin, 1974

• Lipoptena pudui Peterson & Maa, 1970

• Lipoptena sikae Mogi, 1975^[7]

References

• • https://web.archive.org/web/20081013183827/http://uio.mbl.edu/NZ/detail.php?uid=108437&d=1

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Maa . T.C. . Studies in Hippoboscidae (Diptera). Part 2. Further notes on Lipopteninae (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) . Pacific Insects Monographs . 1969 . 20 . 205-236.
3. Book: Linnaeus . C. . Systema naturae... Ed. 10, Vol. 1 . 1758 . L. Salvii. Holmiae [= Stockholm] . 824 pp . 14 November 2022.
4. Speiser . P. . Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hippobosciden (Dipt.) . Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie . 1905 . 5 . 347-360 . 13 April 2024.
5. Maa . T.C. . A synopsis of the Lipopteninae (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) . Journal of Medical Entomology . 1965 . 2 . 233-248.
6. Bequaert . J.C. . A monograph of the Melophaginae, or ked flies, of sheep, goats, deer and antelopes (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) . Entomologica Americana . 1942 . 22 . 1-210.
7. Dick, C. W.. 2006. Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).. Chicago. Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. 1–7pp.