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Ornithomyinae

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Ornithomyinae
Pseudolynchia canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Ornithomyinae
Bigot, 1853
Genera

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Ornithomyinae is a subfamily of the fly family Hippoboscidae. All are blood feeding parasites, for the most part on birds, though some have mammals as hosts.[1][2]

Systematics

  • Subfamily Ornithomyinae Bigot, 1853

References

  1. ^ 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. pp. 84 pp.
  2. ^ Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Bequaert, J.C. (1926). "Notes on Hippoboscidae. I. Lynchia Weyenbergh and Lynchia Speiser are not congeneric". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. (1925) 32: 265–277.