Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758
(a flat fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHippobosca equina (a flat fly)
FamilyHIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
SuperfamilyHIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hippobosca equina (a flat fly) :
1: Hippobosca equina (a flat fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
settled on my arm
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Hippobosca equina (a flat fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hippobosca equina (a flat fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hippobosca equina (a flat fly)
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