Lipoptena
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Lipoptena is a genus of Hippoboscidae
Hippoboscidae
Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family there are winged species which can fly at least reasonably well, as well as others with vestigial or no wings which are flightless and highly apomorphic...

, known as louse flies or keds.

Systematics

  • Genus Lipoptena Nitzsch
    Christian Ludwig Nitzsch
    Christian Ludwig Nitzsch was a German zoologist. He is best remembered for his approach to classifying birds on the basis of their feather tract distributions or pterylosis of their young.-Career:...

    , 1818
  • Species group 'a'
  • L. axis Maa, 1969
  • L. cervi (Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus
    Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

    , 1758
    Systema Naturae
    The book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...

    , 1758)
  • L. efovea Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...

    , 1905
  • L. fortisetosa Maa, 1965
  • L. japonica Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst ....

    , 1942
  • L. nirvana Maa, 1969
  • L. pauciseta Edwards
    Frederick Wallace Edwards
    Frederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....

    , 1919
  • L. rusaecola Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst ....

    , 1942
  • L. saepes Maa, 1969
  • L. sigma Maa, 1965
  • L. timida Maa, 1969
    • Species group 'b'
  • L. pteropi Denny, 1843
    • Species group 'c'
  • L. arianae Maa, 1969
  • L. capreoli Róndani
    Camillo Róndani
    Camillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...

    , 1878
  • L. chalcomleaena Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...

    , 1904
  • L. couturieri Séguy
    Eugène Séguy
    Eugène Séguy was a French entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 -1960.Portraits and Number 7, bottom row.-Works:...

    , 1935
  • L. grahami Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst ....

    , 1942
  • L. saltatrix Maa, 1969
  • L. weidneri Maa, 1969
    • Species group 'd'
  • L. binoculus (Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...

    , 1908)
  • L. hopkinsi Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst ....

    , 1942
  • L. iniqua Maa, 1969
  • L. paradoxa Newstead, 1907
  • L. sepiacea Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser
    Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...

    , 1905
    • Species group 'e'
  • L. depressa depressa
    Lipoptena depressa
    Lipoptena depressa, or the Western American deer ked, is a fly from the family Hippoboscidae. They are blood-feeding parasites of the mule deer - Odocoileus hemionus in the western United States and Canada in the Rocky Mountains...

    (Say
    Thomas Say
    Thomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...

    , 1823)
  • L. depressa pacifica Maa, 1969
  • L. guimaraesi Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert
    Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst ....

    , 1957
  • L. mazamae
    Lipoptena mazamae
    Lipoptena mazamae, the Neotropical deer ked, is a fly from the family Hippoboscidae. They are blood-feeding parasites of the white-tailed deer - Odocoileus virginianus in the southeastern United States and Central America, the red brocket deer - Mazama americana in Mexico to northern Argentina, and...

    Róndani
    Camillo Róndani
    Camillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...

    , 1878
    • Incertae sedis
      Incertae sedis
      , is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...

  • L. doszhanovi Grunin, 1974
  • L. pudui Peterson & Maa, 1970
  • L. sikae Mogi, 1975

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