Melophagus
Melophagus is a genus of flies in the family Hippoboscidae. All are wingless.
Species
- Melophagus dyspnoetus Maa, 1980
- Melophagus grunini Maa & Doszhanov, 1980
- Melophagus himalayae Maa, 1969
- Melophagus kamtshaticus Doszhanov, 1979
- Melophagus kaukasikus Doszhanov, 2003
- Melophagus ovinus
- Melophagus pantholopsus Sun, 1996
- Melophagus rupicaprinus Rondani, 1879
Distribution
They are native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. M. ovinus ovinus has been introduced to most parts of the world where domestic sheep are kept.Hosts
All are parasites of cloven-hoofed mammals - Family Bovidae, including domestic sheep, domestic cattle, the Mongolian gazelle, the chamois, the alpine ibex, the yak, plus doubtful records on the argali, the bighorn sheep and the Dall sheep.Females could only mate until 24 hours of emergence from the puparium, after which they stored sufficient sperms to fertilize the egg production.