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Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Struthiobosca is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There is only one known species, Struthiobosca struthionis (Janson, 1889).[3] It is a parasite of ostriches.[1]
Struthiobosca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Hippoboscidae |
Subfamily: | Hippoboscinae |
Genus: | Struthiobosca Maa, 1963[1] |
Species: | S. struthionis |
Binomial name | |
Struthiobosca struthionis (Janson, 1889)[2] | |
It is found in entire Southern Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya.[1]
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