Lipoptena

Lipoptena
Lipoptena cervi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Hippoboscoidea
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:	Lipopteninae
Genus:	Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818
Species
See text
Synonyms
Haemobora Curtis, 1824 Ornithobia Meigen, 1830

Lipoptena is a genus of Hippoboscidae, known as louse flies or keds.

Systematics

• Genus Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818

• Species group 'a'

• L. axis Maa, 1969
• L. cervi (Linnaeus, 1758, 1758)
• L. efovea Speiser, 1905
• L. fortisetosa Maa, 1965
• L. japonica Bequaert, 1942
• L. nirvana Maa, 1969
• L. pauciseta Edwards, 1919
• L. rusaecola Bequaert, 1942
• L. saepes Maa, 1969
• L. sigma Maa, 1965
• L. timida Maa, 1969

• Species group 'b'

• L. pteropi Denny, 1843

• Species group 'c'

• L. arianae Maa, 1969
• L. capreoli Róndani, 1878
• L. chalcomleaena Speiser, 1904
• L. couturieri Séguy, 1935
• L. grahami Bequaert, 1942
• L. saltatrix Maa, 1969
• L. weidneri Maa, 1969

• Species group 'd'

• L. binoculus (Speiser, 1908)
• L. hopkinsi Bequaert, 1942
• L. iniqua Maa, 1969
• L. paradoxa Newstead, 1907
• L. sepiacea Speiser, 1905

• Species group 'e'

• L. depressa depressa (Say, 1823)
• L. depressa pacifica Maa, 1969
• L. guimaraesi Bequaert, 1957
• L. mazamae Róndani, 1878

• Incertae sedis

• L. doszhanovi Grunin, 1974
• L. pudui Peterson & Maa, 1970
• L. sikae Mogi, 1975^[1]

Lipoptena cervi

References

1. Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp.

• "Lipoptena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
• http://uio.mbl.edu/NZ/detail.php?uid=108437&d=1