Hippoboscoidea
Tsetse fly (genus Glossina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Families
Glossinidae  Hippoboscidae  Mormotomyiidae  Nycteribiidae  Streblidae

Hippoboscoidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described True flies are Insects of the Order Diptera ( Greek: di = two and pteron = wing possessing a single pair of Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families. This page is about the insect For other meanings see Tsetse (disambiguation. Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds are obligate Parasites of Mammals and Birds. The family Mormotomyiidae ( Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) contains only one known species Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen from Kenya. Nycteribiidae of the true fly Superfamily Hippoboscoidea are known as "bat flies", together with their close relatives the Streblidae are flies in the Superfamily Hippoboscoidea, and together with their relatives the Nycteribiidae are known as "bat Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms Calyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora in the Insect order Diptera, commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply The flies in this superfamily are blood-feeding obligate parasites of their hosts. Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between Organisms of different Species. The Hippoboscidae are commonly called louse flies. Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds are obligate Parasites of Mammals and Birds. The Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are known as bat flies. Streblidae are flies in the Superfamily Hippoboscoidea, and together with their relatives the Nycteribiidae are known as "bat Nycteribiidae of the true fly Superfamily Hippoboscoidea are known as "bat flies", together with their close relatives the The family Mormotomyiidae contains one species, Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen, known from one locality in Kenya. The family Mormotomyiidae ( Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) contains only one known species Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen from Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The family Glossinidae includes tsetse flies (Glossina species), economically important as the vector of sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis). This page is about the insect For other meanings see Tsetse (disambiguation. This page is about the insect For other meanings see Tsetse (disambiguation. Sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis is a Parasitic Disease of people and animals caused by Protozoa of species

In older literature, this group is often referred to as the Pupipara, in reference to the fact that, unlike virtually all other insects, most of the larval development takes place inside the mother's body, and pupation occurs almost immediately after "birth" – in essence, instead of laying eggs a female lays full-size pupae one at a time. A pupa ( Latin pupa for doll pl pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some Insects undergoing transformation

References

• Borror, Donald J. ; Charles A. Triplehorn, and Norman F. Johnson (1989). An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. , Philadelphia: Saunders College Pub. ISBN 0-03-025397-7.  

External links

• Encyclopedia Britannica

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