Hippoboscidae

Translingual

Hippobosca equina

Etymology

From Hippobosca +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Hippoboscidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the keds or louse flies, obligate parasites of mammals and birds.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Hippoboscoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Ornithomyinae, Hippoboscinae, Lipopteninae (subfamilies)
- Allobosca, Austrolfersia, Crataerina, Hippobosca, Icosta, Lipoptena, Melophagus, Microlynchia, Myophthiria, Neolipoptena, Olfersia, Ornithoctona, Ornithoica, Ornithomya, Ornithophila, Ortholfersia, Phthona, Proparabosca Theodor, Pseudolynchia, Stilbometopa, Struthibosca (genera)

References

Hippoboscidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hippoboscidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hippoboscidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hippoboscidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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