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Checklist for Family Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 (Keds)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1521
7930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
1043
4219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
58
769
2771
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
54
640
2163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Calyptratae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Calyptrate muscoids
13
279
880
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoboscoidea
Samouelle, 1819
3
23
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHippoboscidae
Samouelle, 1819
Keds, Louse Flies, Louse Fly
16
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
16 Genera with 47 Species
Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 195611SpeciesTaxom
Crataerina von Olfers, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hippobosca Linnaeus, 18036SpeciesTaxom
Icosta Speiser, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1969Keds7SpeciesTaxom
Lynchia Weyenbergh, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Nycteribia Latreille, 19635SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoctona Speiser, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Ornithomya Latreille, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Ornithophila Speiser, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Penicillidia Kolenati, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Phthiridium Hermann, 19254SpeciesTaxom
Phthona Maa, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolynchia Bequaert, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Speiserella1SpeciesTaxom
Stenepteryx Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
47 Species and 1 Subspecies
Basilia amiculata Speiser, 1907
Basilia bathybothyra Speiser, 1907
Basilia brevipes Theodor, 1956
Basilia chlamydophora Speiser, 1903
Basilia fletcheri Scott, 1914
Basilia majuscula Edwards, 1919
Basilia peali Scott, 1925
Basilia pumila Scott, 1914
Basilia punctata Theodor, 1956
Basilia roylii Westwood, 1835
Basilia seminuda Theodor, 1956
Crataerina (Stenepteryx) hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Stenepteryx hirundinis Linnaeus, 1758
Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758Forest Fly
Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805Louse fly
Hippobosca maculata (Macquart, 1835)⇒ Hippobosca variegata Megerle, 1803
Hippobosca rufipes von Olfers, 1816
Hippobosca sivae (Bigot, 1885)⇒ Hippobosca variegata Megerle, 1803
Hippobosca variegata Megerle, 1803
Icosta (Icosta) elbeli Maa, 1969
Lipoptena axis Maa, 1969
Lipoptena capreoli Rondani, 1878
Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Lipoptena iniqua Maa, 1969
Lipoptena pauciseta Edwards, 1919
Lipoptena saltatrix Maa, 1969
Lipoptena weidneri Maa, 1969
Lynchia corvina Maa, 1969
Lynchia elbeli Maa, 1969
Lynchia reducta Maa, 1969
Nycteribia allotopa Speiser, 1901
Nycteribia dentata Theodor, 1967
Nycteribia lindbergi Aellen, 1959
Nycteribia parvula Speiser, 1900
Nycteribia parvuloides Theodor, 1963
Ornithoctona plicata von Olfers, 1816
Ornithoctona plicata nigricans Leach, W.E., 1817
Ornithomya comosa Kolenati, 1930
Ornithophila metallica Schiner, 1864
Penicillidia (Penicillidia) dufourii Westwood, 1835
Penicillidia indica Scott, 1925
Phthiridium annandalei Scott, 1925
Phthiridium incisum Theodor, 1967
Phthiridium nuditerga Theodor, 1967
Phthiridium phillipsi Scott, 1925
Phthona leptoptera Maa, 1963
Pseudolynchia canariensis Macquart, 1839Louse fly
Speiserella lobulata Speiser, 1900
Stenepteryx hirundinis Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Hippoboscidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyHippoboscinae
Brues & Melander, 1932
9
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNycteribiinae
Westwood, 1835
Bat flies
4
22
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Hippoboscidae at artfakta.se
Hippoboscidae at dyntaxa.se
Hippoboscidae at gbif.org
Hippoboscidae at irmng.org
Hippoboscidae at itis.gov