louse fly

1. Bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals (synset 102201184)
   is a type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
   subtypes:

   • hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly - winged fly parasitic on horses
   • melophagus ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick - wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
   belongs to: family hippoboscidae, hippoboscidae - winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies
   same as: hippoboscid

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