Ornithophila

Ornithophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Hippoboscoidea
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:	Ornithomyinae
Genus:	Ornithophila ; Speiser, 1902
Type species
	Ornithomyia metallica; Schiner, 1864
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Ornitheza Speiser, 1902;

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Ornithophila are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are two known species.^[2] Both species are parasites of birds.^[3]

Distribution

Ornithophila are found worldwide with the exception of the Americas and Antarctica.^[3]

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