Haematobosca alcis, the moose fly, is a species of blood-feeding muscid in the family Muscidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[3][4] The moose fly, Haematobosca alcis (Snow) is abundant in Yellowstone National Park.[4]
| Haematobosca alcis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Tribe: | Stomoxyini |
| Genus: | Haematobosca |
| Species: | H. alcis
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| Binomial name | |
| Haematobosca alcis (Snow, 1891)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Haematobosca alcis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Haematobosca alcis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Haematobosca alcis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ a b Burger, John F.; Anderson, John R. (1974). "Taxonomy and Life History of the Moose Fly, Haematobosca alcis, and Its Association with the Moose, Alces alces shirasi in Yellowstone National Park". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 67 (2): 204–214. doi:10.1093/aesa/67.2.204.