Icosta

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Kingdom Animalia Family Hippoboscidae Scientific name Icosta Rank Genus		Class Insecta Subfamily Ornithomyinae Phylum Arthropoda Order Fly
Similar Fly, Ornithomya, Crataerina, Hippoboscidae, Hippobosca

Stickytissues placed icosta jcs away from sharana

Icosta are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 52 known species, making it the largest Hippoboscid genus. All species are parasites of birds.

Distribution

Worldwide, excluding Antarctica.

Systematics

Genus Icosta Speiser, 1905

Subgenus Ardmoeca

I. albipennis (Say, 1823)

I. ardae ardae (Macquart, 1835)

I. ardae botaurinorum (Swenk, 1916)

I. holoptera holoptera (Lutz, 1915)

I. holoptera omnisetosa Maa, 1969

I. macclurei Maa, 1969

I. massonnati (Falcoz, 1926)

I. schoutedeni (Bequaert, 1945)

Subgenus Gypoeca

I. meda (Maa, 1963)

Subgenus Icosta

I. acromialis acromialis (Speiser, 1904)

I. acromialis tuberculata (Ferris, 1927)

I. bicorna (Ferris, 1927)

I. bucerotina Maa, 1969

I. chalcolampra (Speiser, 1904)

I. coalescens (Maa, 1964)

I. corvina Maa, 1969

I. diluta Maa, 1969

I. dioxyrhina (Speiser, 1904)

I. elbeli Maa, 1969

I. fenestella Maa, 1969

I. humilis Maa, 1969

I. jactatrix Maa, 1969

I. longipalpis (Macquart, 1835)

I. malagasii Maa, 1969

I. mecorrhina (Maa, 1964)

I. plana (Walker, 1861)

I. recessa (Maa, 1964)

I. samoana (Ferris, 1927)

I. spinosa Maa, 1969

I. subdentata Maa, 1969

I. tarsata Maa, 1969

I. trita (Speiser, 1905)

I. wenzeli Maa, 1969

Subgenus Ornithoponus Aldrich, 1923

I. americana (Leach, 1817)

I. angustifrons (van der Wulp, 1903)

I. antica Maa, 1969

I. australica (Paramonov, 1954)

I. dukei (Austen, 1911)

I. hirsuta (Ferris, 1927)

I. latifacies (Bequaert, 1955)

I. lonchurae Maa, 1969

I. maquilingensis (Ferris, 1924)

I. minor (Bigot in Thomson, 1858)

I. nigra (Perty, 1833)

I. papulata Maa, 1969

I. parallelifrons (Speiser, 1902)

I. paramonovi Maa, 1969

I. plaumanni (Bequaert, 1943)

I. rufiventris (Bigot, 1885)

I. sensilis sensilis Maa, 1969

I. sensilis reducta Maa, 1969

I. simplex (Walker, 1861)

I. suvaensis (Bequaert, 1941)

I. tripelta (Maa, 1964)

I. zumpti (Maa, 1964)

Subgenus Rhyponotum

I. pilosa (Macquart, 1843)

References

Icosta Wikipedia

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Stickytissues placed icosta jcs away from sharana

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