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Definition of Hippoboscidae
1. Noun. Winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Member holonyms: Hippoboscid, Louse Fly, Genus Hippobosca, Hippobosca, Genus Melophagus, Melophagus
Medical Definition of Hippoboscidae
1. A family of winged and wingless flies (order Diptera) that are parasitic on birds and mammals; it includes the genera Hippobosca and Melophagus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippoboscidae
Literary usage of Hippoboscidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"Action on man.—The Nepa bite very sharply, and cause a good deal of pain; the
wound is not dangerous. § V. Hippoboscidae. Fig, 64. ..."
2. Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies by Ernest Edward Austen (1906)
"... a genus of Hippoboscidae : L. cervi(plates 33 and 34) parasitic on several
species of deer, in Great Britain chiefly on the roe, both sexes sometimes ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1893)
"Mere specialization is never a test of rank in itself, and any line of argument
that places the Hippoboscidae at the head of the insects as the highest in ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Hippoboscidae live on birds, and are apparently specially fond of the Swallow tribe.
... The bird- infesting Hippoboscidae have been very little studied, ..."
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