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Definition of Family 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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hippoboscidae
Literary usage of Family Hippoboscidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"... and Ornithomyia, of the family Hippoboscidae. There are of course many other
genera of bloodsucking flies which may contain potential disease carriers. ..."
2. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"The family Hippoboscidae is characterized by Williston as follows: " Head flattened,
usually attached to an emargination of the thorax; face short; ..."
3. The Agricultural Pests of India, and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Vegetable by Edward Balfour (1887)
"The sheep tick, however, the Melophagus ovinus, is an apterous fly of the family
Hippoboscidae. Jackal.—See Mammal. ..."
4. Dry Fly Entomology: A Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural Insects by Frederic Michael Halford (1897)
"Diptera of the family Hippoboscidae, to which the Camel-fly and Forest-fly belong,
instead of eggs produce full-grown larvae that moult, and eventually ..."
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