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Horn Fly

Haematobia irritans

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae

Haematobia irritans, the horn fly, is a small fly (about half the size of a common housefly). It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is of the genus Haematobia which is the European genus of bloodsucking flies.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 4Peru · 1