Melophagus ovinus in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Fig.11
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:
Lipopteninae
Genus:
Melophagus Latreille, 1802[1]
Type species
Hippobosca ovina
Linnaeus, 1758[2]
Synonyms
Mallophaga Shuckard, 1840
Mallophagus Stiles, 1901
Malophagus Johnson, 1925
Melaphagus Pfeiffer, 1905
Mellophagus Hofmann, 1834
Melophaga von Olfers, 1816[3]
Melophaga Wiedemann, 1830[4]
Melophila Nitzsch, 1818[5]
Melophagus is a genus of flies in the family Hippoboscidae.[6][7] All are wingless.
^Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, des crustaces et des insectes. Tome troisieme. Paris: Dufart. pp. xii + 13-467 + 1 pp.
^Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae... Ed. 10, Vol. 1. Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L. Salvii. pp. 824 pp. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^Olfers, I.F.M. von (1816). De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatis reperiundis commentarius. Pars I. Berolini [=Berlin]: Maureriana. pp. vi + 112 + [1] pp., 1 pl.
^Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^Nitzsch, C.L. (1818). "Die Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsekten (Insecta epizoica) als Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben" (PDF). Mag. Ent. (Germar). 3: 261–316. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^Maa, T. C (1963). "Genera and species of Hippoboscidae (Diptera) types, synonymy, habitats and natural groupings" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monograph. 6: 1–186. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^Maa, T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph. 20. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: 261–299pp.
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