Hippoboscidae vs Hippoboscid - What's the difference?
hippoboscidae | hippoboscid |
Any of the species in the Hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies; sometimes used attributively .
* 2005 , M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects ,
* 2009 , Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden (editors), Medical and Veterinary Entomology ,
* 2007 , Markus J. Peterson, Diseases and Parasites of Texas Quails ,
As a proper noun hippoboscidae
is .As a noun hippoboscid is
any of the species in the hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies; sometimes used attributively .hippoboscidae
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Hippoboscidae has no English definition. It may be misspelled.hippoboscid
English
(Hippoboscidae) (Hippoboscidae)Noun
(en noun)page 252,
- Various species of hippoboscid' will attack humans, and the bite of the pigeon fly, ''Pseudolynchia canariensis'', is said to be painful. Apart from the sheep ked, ' hippoboscids are of little importance to humans.
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- Several hippoboscid flies have been identified as vectors of Haemoproteus species,haemosporidian blood parasites that cause bird malarias.
page 93,
- Howard (1981:52– 73) found 22.5 percent of 240 scaled quail collected in Pecos County infested with the hippoboscid fly Pseudolynchia canariensis (see table 6.4 for the prevalence of parasitic arthropods, nematodes, and cestodes found on scaled quail in Pecos County).