Stable fly

Stable fly

Taxobox
name = Stable Fly


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Calyptratae
superfamilia = Muscoidea
familia = Muscidae
subfamilia = Muscinae
tribus = Stomoxyini
genus = "Stomoxys"
species = "S. calcitrans"
binomial = "Stomoxys calcitrans"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms = *"Conops calcitrans" Linnaeus, 1758
*"Musca occidentis" Walker, 1853
*"Stomoxis dira" Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
*"Stomoxis inimica" Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
*"Stomoxys cybira" Walker, 1849
*"Stomoxys parasita" Fabricius, 1781

"Stomoxys calcitrans" is commonly called the "stable fly", "horse fly", or "dog fly". Rather unusual for a member of the family Muscidae is that it sucks blood from mammals.

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External links

* [http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/entml2/mf2662.pdf Managing Stable Fly Production at Pasture Feeding Sites]
* [http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-1556:1 "Stable flies: how to control them"] hosted by the [http://digital.library.unt.edu/browse/department/govdocs/ UNT Government Documents Department]


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  • Stable fly — Stable Sta ble, n. [OF. estable, F. [ e]table, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stable fly — n a biting dipteran fly of the genus Stomoxys (S. calcitrans) that is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings esp. in autumn * * * Stomoxys calcitrans …   Medical dictionary

  • stable fly — a two winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest. Also called biting housefly. [1860 65] * * * ▪ insect       a species of vicious bloodsucking fly in the family Muscidae… …   Universalium

  • stable fly — noun Etymology: stable (I) 1. : a two winged fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) that is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings especially in autumn and that resembles the common housefly but bites severely 2. : a fly (Muscina stabulans) that is …   Useful english dictionary

  • stable fly — sta′ble fly n. ent a two winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting: a common household and stable pest …   From formal English to slang

  • stable fly — noun a) Any of several large flies, of the family Muscidae is that it sucks blood from mammals. b) Stomoxys calcitrans. Syn: barn fly, dog fly, pwer mower fly, biting house fly …   Wiktionary

  • stable fly — noun Date: 1862 a biting dipteran fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) that resembles the common housefly and is abundant about stables …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stable fly — noun a bloodsucking fly related to the housefly, biting large mammals including humans. [Stomoxis calcitrans.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • false stable fly — noun see stable fly …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stable — Sta ble, n. [OF. estable, F. [ e]table, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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