Ornithoctona

Ornithoctona are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 12 known species.^[1] All species are parasites of birds.^[2]

Ornithoctona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:	Ornithomyinae
Genus:	Ornithoctona Speiser, 1902
Type species
Ornithomya erythrocephala Leach, 1817
Species
See text

Distribution

Ornithoctona are found worldwide with the exception of Antarctica.^[2]

Systematics

• Genus Ornithoctona Speiser, 1902

• Species group '1'

• Ornithoctona australaisiae (Fabricius, 1805)
• Ornithoctona fusciventris Wiedemann, 1830
• Ornithoctona hulahula Maa, 1969
• Ornithoctona idonea Falcoz, 1929
• Ornithoctona laticornis (Macquart, 1935)
• Ornithoctona oxycera Falcoz, 1929
• Ornithoctona soror Ferris, 1926

• Species group '2'

• Ornithoctona nitens Bigot, 1885
• Ornithoctona orizabae Bequaert, 1954

• Species group '3'

• Ornithoctona erythrocephala (Leach, 1817)

• Species group '4'

• Ornithoctona plicata von Olfers, 1816
• Ornithoctona rugicornis Maa, 1963