Ornithomya Latreille, 1802
(a genus of flat flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusOrnithomya (a genus of flat flies)
FamilyHIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
SuperfamilyHIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hill, D.S. 1962 Revision of the British species of Ornithomyia Latreille (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy Vol 31 (1/2): 11-18.

Ornithomya (a genus of flat flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ornithomya (a genus of flat flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 38 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ornithomya (a genus of flat flies)
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