Neolipoptena

Neolipoptena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Calyptratae
Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Lipopteninae
Genus: Neolipoptena
Bequaert, 1942
Species

1 only, See text

Neolipoptena is a genus of Hippoboscidae, known as louse flies or Deer keds. There is only one known species - Neolipoptena ferrisi.[1][2]

References

  1. Maa,T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 20: 261–299pp.
  2. Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp.
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