Haematobia exigua

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Buffalo fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Haematobia
Species: H. exigua
Binomial name
Haematobia exigua

Haematobia exigua or Buffalo fly is a pest fly of the family Muscidae.

In Australia it is present in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

The entomologist Ian Murray Mackerras did substantial work in trying to eradicate the problem by introducing parasites.

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