- Source: Melophagus
Melophagus is a genus of flies in the family Hippoboscidae. All are wingless.
Species
Melophagus dyspnoetus Maa, 1980
Melophagus grunini Maa & Doszhanov, 1980
Melophagus himalayae Maa, 1969
Melophagus kamtshaticus Doszhanov, 1979
Melophagus kaukasikus Doszhanov, 2003
Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melophagus pantholopsus Sun, 1996
Melophagus rupicaprinus Rondani, 1879
Distribution
They are native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. M. ovinus ovinus has been introduced to most parts of the world where domestic sheep are kept.
Hosts
All are parasites of cloven-hoofed mammals - Family Bovidae, including domestic sheep, domestic cattle, the Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), the chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), the alpine ibex (Capra ibex), the yak (Bos grunniens), plus doubtful records on the argali (Ovis ammon), the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and the Dall sheep (Ovis dalli).
Females could only mate until 24 hours of emergence from the puparium, after which they stored sufficient sperms to fertilize the egg production.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Melophagus ovinus
- Melophagus
- Melophagus rupicaprinus
- Lipoptena cervi
- Lipoptena depressa
- List of parasitic organisms
- Hippoboscidae
- Trypanosoma
- Wingless insect
- List of infectious sheep and goat diseases
