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Ornithoica
Sign in to saveOrnithoica are a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 23 known species. All species are parasites of birds.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyHippoboscidae
Observations17
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Hippoboscidae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), QM, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
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Ornithoica are a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 23 known species. All species are parasites of birds.
==Distribution== Ornithoica are found worldwide with the exception of Antarctica, however the largest number of species are found in South East Asia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ornithoica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.