Icosta

Icosta are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 52 known species, making it the largest Hippoboscid genus.[1] All species are parasites of birds.[2]

Icosta
Icosta sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:
Ornithomyinae
Genus:
Icosta

Speiser, 1905
Synonyms
  • Ornithoponus Aldrich, 1923 good as subgenus
  • Olfersia Say 1823

Distribution

Worldwide, excluding Antarctica.[2]

Systematics
  • 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
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gollark: What does that even mean, Tronzoid?
gollark: Wouldn't scanning in all the weird low-level biological stuff be hard?
gollark: You-the-mind will be in hospital, you-the-original-body will be dead.
gollark: Unlike with brains, which will keep trying to work and probably route around broken bits, but still lose functionality in the process.

References
  1. Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Maa, T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. 20: 261–299pp.


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