HIPPOBOSCIDAE
(“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Crataerina hirundinis
a flat fly
Species 9 trophisms
Crataerina pallida
a flat fly
Species 7 trophisms
Hippobosca equina
a flat fly
Species 4 trophisms
Icosta ardeae
a flat fly
Species 3 trophisms
Icosta minor
a flat fly
Species 2 trophisms
Lipoptena cervi
Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly
Species 9 trophisms
Melophagus ovinus
Sheep Ked
Species 3 trophisms
Olfersia spinifera
a flat fly
Species 1 trophisms
Ornithomya
a genus of flat flies
Genus 4 subtaxa 38 trophisms 2 references
Ornithophila metallica
a flat fly
Species 1 trophisms
Pseudolynchia garzettae
Pigeon Fly
Species 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
SuperfamilyHIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Austen, E.E. 1906 *** Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies ***(Superseded) 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)

HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 39 images of HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

The adults are ectoparasites of birds and mammals, feeding on blood. The eggs hatch inside the female who retains the larvae until they are full grown. A single larva is raised at a time, fed from a special "milk gland". The lava pupates shortly after it is born.

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