Hippoboscidae
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Hippobosca + -idae.
Proper noun edit
Hippoboscidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the keds or louse flies, obligate parasites of mammals and birds.
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (family): Ornithomyinae, Hippoboscinae, Lipopteninae (subfamilies)
References edit
- Hippoboscidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hippoboscidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Hippoboscidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hippoboscidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.