Lipoptena

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Lipoptena
Lipoptena cervi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Infraorder: Muscomorpha Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea Family: Hippoboscidae Genus: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818
Species
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Lipoptena is a genus of Hippoboscidae, known as louse flies or keds.

Includes:

• Lipoptena axis Maa, 1969 (Synonym L. indica Maa, 1965)
• Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lipoptena depressa (Say, 1823)
• Lipoptena fortisetosa Maa, 1965 (Synonym L. parvula Theodor, 1967)
• Lipoptena hopkinsi Bequaert, 1942
• Lipoptena japonica Bequaert, 1942
• Lipoptena mazamae (Rondani, 1878) (Synonyms L. conifera Speiser, 1905, L. mexicana Townsend, 1897, L. surinamensis Bau, 1930)
• Lipoptena pacifica (Maa, 1969)
• Lipoptena paradoxa Newstead, Dutton & Todd, 1907 (Synonym Echestypus parvipalpis Speiser, 1907)

[edit] References

• Lipoptena (TSN 152650). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on April 3, 2008.
• http://uio.mbl.edu/NZ/detail.php?uid=108437&d=1