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Melophagus ovinus, or the
sheep ked, is a brown,
hairy fly that
resembles a tick. This
wingless fly is
about 4 to 6 mm long and has a
small head; it is...
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Melophagus is a
genus of
flies in the
family Hippoboscidae. All are wingless.
Melophagus dyspnoetus Maa, 1980
Melophagus grunini Maa & Doszhanov, 1980...
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Lipoptena subulata Coquillett, 1907
Melophaga moschi Wiedemann, 1830
Melophagus trifasciata von Olfers, 1816
Ornithobia pallida Meigen, 1830 Ornithomyia...
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Melophagus rupicaprinus is a
species of fly in the
family Hippoboscidae. It can be
found in Europe. Rondani, C. (1879). "Hippoboscita
Italica in familias...
- mother's body, and
pupation occurs almost immediately. The
sheep ked,
Melophagus ovinus, is a wingless, reddish-brown fly that
parasitizes sheep. The Neotropical...
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Hippoboscidae Subfamily:
Lipopteninae Genus:
Lipoptena Species: L. depressa
Binomial name
Lipoptena depressa (Say, 1823)
Synonyms Melophagus depressa Say, 1823...
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Calyptra (moth) (vampire moths)
Hippoboscoidea Tsetse fly
Lipoptena Melophagus ovinus, (sheep keds) and
relatives Oestridae (bot flies)
Human botfly...
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koalas T. lewisi, in rats T. melophagium, in sheep,
transmitted via
Melophagus ovinus T. parroti, in
amphibians T. percae, in the
species Perca fluviatilis...
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Chrysomya species Lucilia species Oestrus ovis (sheep bot fly)
sheep ked (
Melophagus ovinus) Pugh, D. G. (2002).
Sheep and Goat Medicine. Philadelphia: Saunders...
- ****. In the case of T.
melophagium the
derived host or
vector is the
Melophagus ovinus fly also
known as "sheep ked" and the
mammalian hosts for these...
