Stomoxys is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae.[2][3] The genus is unusual among the Muscidae in that it includes species that are bloodsucking ectoparasites of mammals. The best-known species is Stomoxys calcitrans, most commonly known as the stable fly.
| Stomoxys | |
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| Stomoxys calcitrans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Tribe: | Stomoxyini |
| Genus: | Stomoxys Geoffroy, 1762 |
| Type species | |
| Conops calcitrans | |
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The genus is small, comprising a dozen or two described species, and current evidence suggests that it is paraphyletic as well.[4]
Species
edit- S. bengalensis Picard, 1908[4]
- S. bilineatus Grünberg, 1906[5]
- S. boueti Roubaud, 1911
- S. calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- S. indicus Picard, 1908
- S. inornatus Grünberg, 1906[5]
- S. luteolus Villeneuve, 1934
- S. niger Macquart, 1851[4]
- S. ochrosoma Speiser, 1910
- S. omega Newstead, Dutton & Todd, 1907[4]
- S. pallidus Roubaud, 1911[4]
- S. pullus Austen, 1909
- S. sitiens Rondani, 1873[4]
- S. stigma Emden, 1939
- S. taeniatus Bigot, 1888
- S. transvittatus Villeneuve, 1916[4]
- S. uruma Shinonaga & Kano, 1966
- S. varipes Bezzi, 1907[4]
- S. xanthomelas Roubaud, 1937
References
edit- ^ Coquillett, D.W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9. New York: The New York Entomological Society: 134–146.
- ^ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
- ^ Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dsouli, N; Delsuc, F; Michaux, J; De Stordeur, E; Couloux, A; Veuille, M; Duvallet, G (Apr 2011). "Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear data in haematophagous flies support the paraphyly of the genus Stomoxys (Diptera: Muscidae)". Infect Genet Evol. 11 (3): 663–70. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2011.02.004. hdl:2268/174115. PMID 21324380. S2CID 6704906.
- ^ a b Grünberg, Karl (1906). "Über blutsaugende Musciden". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 30: 78–82. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
