HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
HIPPOBOSCIDAE
“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds
Family 14 subtaxa 80 trophisms 3 references
NYCTERIBIIDAE
bat flies
Family 3 subtaxa 26 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Hutson, A.M. 1984 Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Thompson, G.B. 1939 *** A check-list and host-list of the ectoparasites recorded from British birds and mammals ***(Superseded) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 6(1): 1-22.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 41 images of HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
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