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Proparabosca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hippoboscidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Diptera

Subfamily
  
Ornithomyinae

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Proparabosca is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There is only one known species, Proparabosca alata . It is a parasite of lemurs.

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Distribution

It is found in Namoroka National Park in Madagascar.

Hosts

They are only found on Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi).

Systematics

  • Genus Proparabosca (Theodor & Oldroyd,1965)
  • Proparabosca alata (Theodor & Oldroyd ,1965)
  • References

    Proparabosca Wikipedia