Hippobosca longipennis

Hippobosca longipennis (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), the dog fly, louse fly, or blind fly, is an obligate blood-feeding parasite of wild carnivores.[1][2] Its bites can be painful and result in skin irritation, it is an intermediate host for the canine and hyaenid filarial parasite Dipetalonema dracunculoides, and it may also be a biological or mechanical vector for other pathogens.[3][4]

Hippobosca longipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Hippoboscidae
Genus:
Hippobosca
Species:
H. longipennis
Binomial name
Hippobosca longipennis
Fabricius, 1805

Distribution

The species is found in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including China, in suitable habitats throughout the Palearctic Region south of about 45° north latitude, and is occasionally reported from countries on the fringes of this range, including Ireland, Germany, Poland, Japan, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.[5][6] It has been transported into North America on several occasions with zoo animals.[7]

References
  1. The Center for Food Security and Public Health, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. 2009. Hippobosca longipennis, Dog Fly, Louse Fly, Blind-fly, http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/hippobosca_longipennis.pdf, Last Updated: September 2009. The species name "longipennis" means "long-winged."
  2. Mahmoud Hafez and Mosaad Hilali. 1978. Biology of Hippobosca longipennis (Fabricius, 1805) in Egypt (Dipteria: Hippoboscidae). Veterinary Parasitology 4(3): 275-288.
  3. Center for Food Security and Public Health, 2009.
  4. P. A. Rani, G. T. Coleman, P. J. Irwin and R. J. Traub. 2011. Hippobosca longipennis - a potential intermediate host of a species of Acanthocheilonema in dogs in northern India. Parasites & Vectors 4: 143.
  5. Rani et al., 2011. Hippobosca longipennis - a potential intermediate host of a species of Acanthocheilonema in dogs in northern India. Parasites & Vectors 4: 143.
  6. Center for Food Security and Public Health, 2009.
  7. Benjamin Keh and Ronald M. Hawthorne. 1977. The Introduction and Eradication of an Exotic Ectoparasitic Fly, Hippobosca longipennis (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), in California. The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine 8(4): 19-24.
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