Stomoxys

Stomoxys
Stomoxys calcitrans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Muscidae
Tribe:	Stomoxyini
Genus:	Stomoxys Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Conops calcitrans Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Stomoxis Schäffer, 1766

Stomoxys is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae. ^{[2] [3]} The genus is unusual among the Muscidae in that it includes species that are bloodsucking ectoparasites of mammals. The best-known species is Stomoxys calcitrans , most commonly known as the stable fly.

The genus is small, comprising a dozen or two described species, and current evidence suggests that it is paraphyletic as well. ^[4]

Species

• S. bengalensis Picard, 1908 ^[4]
• S. bilineatus Grünberg, 1906 ^[5]
• S. boueti Roubaud, 1911
• S. calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
• S. indicus Picard, 1908
• S. inornatus Grünberg, 1906 ^[5]
• S. luteolus Villeneuve, 1934
• S. niger Macquart, 1851 ^[4]
• S. ochrosoma Speiser, 1910
• S. omega Newstead, Dutton & Todd, 1907 ^[4]
• S. pallidus Roubaud, 1911 ^[4]
• S. pullus Austen, 1909
• S. sitiens Rondani, 1873 ^[4]
• S. stigma Emden, 1939
• S. taeniatus Bigot, 1888
• S. transvittatus Villeneuve, 1916 ^[4]
• S. uruma Shinonaga & Kano, 1966
• S. varipes Bezzi, 1907 ^[4]
• S. xanthomelas Roubaud, 1937

References

1. Coquillett, D.W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9. New York: The New York Entomological Society: 134–146.
2. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
3. Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.
4. Dsouli, N; Delsuc, F; Michaux, J; De Stordeur, E; Couloux, A; Veuille, M; Duvallet, G (Apr 2011). "Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear data in haematophagous flies support the paraphyly of the genus Stomoxys (Diptera: Muscidae)". Infect Genet Evol. 11 (3): 663–70. Bibcode:2011InfGE..11..663D. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2011.02.004. hdl: 2268/174115 . PMID   21324380. S2CID   6704906.
5. Grünberg, Karl (1906). "Über blutsaugende Musciden". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 30: 78–82. Retrieved 12 November 2016.