Stomoxys Explained
Stomoxys is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae.[1] [2] The genus is unusual among the Muscidae in that it includes species that are bloodsucking ectoparasites of mammals. The best-known species is Stomoxys calcitrans, most commonly known as the stable fly.
The genus is small, comprising a dozen or two described species, and current evidence suggests that it is paraphyletic as well.[3]
Species
- S. bengalensis Picard, 1908[3]
- S. bilineatus Grünberg, 1906[4]
- S. boueti Roubaud, 1911
- S. calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- S. indicus Picard, 1908
- S. inornatus Grünberg, 1906[4]
- S. luteolus Villeneuve, 1934
- niger}}|S. Macquart, 1851[3]
- S. ochrosoma Speiser, 1910
- S. omega Newstead, Dutton & Todd, 1907[3]
- S. pallidus Roubaud, 1911[3]
- S. pullus Austen, 1909
- S. sitiens Rondani, 1873[3]
- S. stigma Emden, 1939
- S. taeniatus Bigot, 1888
- S. transvittatus Villeneuve, 1916[3]
- S. uruma Shinonaga & Kano, 1966
- S. varipes Bezzi, 1907[3]
- S. xanthomelas Roubaud, 1937
Notes and References
- Book: D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M.. 1968 . Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae . 118pp. Royal Entomological Society of London. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. London..
- Book: Gregor, F. . Rozkosny, R. . Bartak, M. . Vanhara, J. . 2002 . The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. 280pp. Masaryk University. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. 107. Masaryk..
- Dsouli . N . Delsuc . F . Michaux . J . De Stordeur . E . Couloux . A . Veuille . M . Duvallet . G . Apr 2011 . Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear data in haematophagous flies support the paraphyly of the genus Stomoxys (Diptera: Muscidae) . Infect Genet Evol . 11 . 3. 663–70 . 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.02.004. 21324380 . 2268/174115 . 6704906 . free .
- Grünberg. Karl. Über blutsaugende Musciden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 1906. 30. 78–82. 12 November 2016.
