Melophagus

Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Fig.11
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Lipopteninae
Genus: Melophagus
Latreille, 1802[1]
Type species
Hippobosca ovina
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.

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