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Checklist for Family Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 (Keds)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
826
2194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
651
1728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
48
461
1165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
44
416
1053
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Calyptratae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Calyptrate muscoids
14
188
505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoboscoidea
Samouelle, 1819
4
12
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHippoboscidae
Samouelle, 1819
Keds, Louse Flies, Louse Fly
6
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
6 Genera with 9 Species
Basilia Miranda Ribeiro, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Hippobosca Linnaeus, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1905Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoica Rondani, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Penicillidia Kolenati, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Struthiobosca1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
9 Species
Basilia astochia Peterson & Maa, 1970
Basilia blainvillii Leach, 1817
Hippobosca capensis (Olfers, 1816)⇒ Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805
Hippobosca longipennis Fabricius, 1805Louse fly
Hippobosca struthionis (Janson, 1889)⇒ Struthiobosca struthionis Janson, 1889
Lipoptena sepiacea Speiser, 1905
Ornithoica podicipis von Roder, 1892
Penicillidia pachymela Speiser, 1900
Struthiobosca struthionis Janson, 1889

Subnodes of Hippoboscidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyHippoboscinae
Brues & Melander, 1932
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNycteribiinae
Westwood, 1835
Bat flies
2
3
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