''Stomoxys'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

. The genus is unusual among the Muscidae in that it includes species that are bloodsucking

ectoparasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...

of mammals. The best-known species is '' Stomoxys calcitrans'', most commonly known as the stable fly. The genus is small, comprising a dozen or two described species, and current evidence suggests that it is

paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...

as well.

Species

*'' S. bengalensis'' Picard, 1908 *'' S. bilineatus'' Grünberg, 1906 *'' S. boueti''

Roubaud Roubaud may refer to: * Émile Roubaud (1882–1962), a French biologist, pathologist and entomologist * Franz Roubaud (1856–1928), a Russian painter who created some of the largest panoramic paintings * Jacques Roubaud (1932–2024), a French ...

, 1911 *'' S. calcitrans'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

) *'' S. indicus'' Picard, 1908 *'' S. inornatus'' Grünberg, 1906 *'' S. luteolus'' Villeneuve, 1934 *'' S. '' Macquart, 1851 *'' S. ochrosoma'' Speiser, 1910 *'' S. omega'' Newstead, Dutton & Todd, 1907 *'' S. pallidus''

, 1911 *'' S. pullus'' Austen, 1909 *'' S. sitiens''

Rondani Rondani is an Italian surname. Notable people having this name include: * Camillo Rondani, (1808–1879), an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera * Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani (15 July 1490 � ...

, 1873 *'' S. stigma'' Emden, 1939 *'' S. taeniatus''

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, 1888 *'' S. transvittatus'' Villeneuve, 1916 *'' S. uruma'' Shinonaga & Kano, 1966 *'' S. varipes'' Bezzi, 1907 *'' S. xanthomelas''

, 1937

References

Muscidae Diptera of Europe Brachycera genera {{Muscidae-stub