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Haematobosca alcis

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Haematobosca alcis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Tribe: Stomoxyini
Genus: Haematobosca
Species:
H. alcis
Binomial name
Haematobosca alcis
(Snow, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haematobia alcis Snow, 1891

Haematobosca alcis, the moose fly, is a species of blood-feeding muscid in the family Muscidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[3][4] The moose fly, Haematobosca alcis (Snow) is abundant in Yellowstone National Park.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Haematobosca alcis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Haematobosca alcis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ a b Burger, John F.; Anderson, John R. (1974). "Taxonomy and Life History of the Moose Fly, Haematobosca alcis, and Its Association with the Moose, Alces alces shirasi in Yellowstone National Park". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 67 (2): 204–214. doi:10.1093/aesa/67.2.204.