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Definition of louse fly in English: louse flynoun A flattened bloodsucking fly which may have reduced or absent wings and typically spends much of its life on one individual of the host species. Family Hippoboscidae: several genera Example sentencesExamples - Bat flies evolved closely with two other groups of blood sucking flies, the Hippoboscidae (louse flies), and the Glossinidae (Tsetse-flies).
- Haemoproteus species are transmitted by biting midges (Citlicoides spp.; Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).
- Tick-like, with flattened bodies and grappling hook claws, the louse flies (family Hippoboscidae) are truly bizarre.
- Other louse flies overwinter as puparia presumably on or under the surface of the soil.
- These flies are also called louse flies and are ectoparasites on birds and mammals.
Definition of louse fly in US English: louse flynoun A flattened bloodsucking fly which may have reduced or absent wings and typically spends much of its life on one individual of the host species. Family Hippoboscidae: several genera Example sentencesExamples - Tick-like, with flattened bodies and grappling hook claws, the louse flies (family Hippoboscidae) are truly bizarre.
- These flies are also called louse flies and are ectoparasites on birds and mammals.
- Bat flies evolved closely with two other groups of blood sucking flies, the Hippoboscidae (louse flies), and the Glossinidae (Tsetse-flies).
- Other louse flies overwinter as puparia presumably on or under the surface of the soil.
- Haemoproteus species are transmitted by biting midges (Citlicoides spp.; Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).
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