Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Horn Fly)

Interactions where Haematobia irritans is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
egg egg is laid in warm dung Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Haematobia irritans/Haematobia irritanshorn flyegg Animal / dung / oviposition /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattlewarmdung
imago imago is associated with horn (base) Restricted Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Haematobia irritans/Haematobia irritanshorn flyimago Animal / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattlehorn (base)Sole
imago imago sucks the blood of horn (base) Restricted Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Haematobia irritans/Haematobia irritanshorn flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattlehorn (base)Sole
larva larva inhabits dung of dung Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Haematobia irritans/Haematobia irritanshorn flylarva Animal / dung / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattledung

Author & YearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) MuscidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Skidmore, P., 1991Insects of the British Cow-Dung CommunityAIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council

Haematobia irritans (Horn Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Haematobia irritans (Horn Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHaematobia irritans (Horn Fly)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house 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 Haematobia irritans (Horn Fly)

Identification Works

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

Haematobia irritans (Horn Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Haematobia irritans (Horn Fly):

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