Stomoxys

Stomoxys is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae.^[2][3] The genus is unusual among the Muscidae in that it includes species that are bloodsucking ectoparasites of mammals. The best-known species is Stomoxys calcitrans, most commonly known as the stable fly.

Stomoxys
Stomoxys calcitrans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Muscidae
Tribe:	Stomoxyini
Genus:	Stomoxys Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Conops calcitrans Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Stomoxis Schäffer, 1766

The genus is small, comprising a dozen or two described species, and current evidence suggests that it is paraphyletic as well.^[4]

Species

• S. bengalensis Picard, 1908^[4]
• S. bilineatus Grünberg, 1906^[5]
• S. boueti Roubaud, 1911
• S. calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
• S. indicus Picard, 1908
• S. inornatus Grünberg, 1906^[5]
• S. luteolus Villeneuve, 1934
• S. niger Macquart, 1851^[4]
• S. ochrosoma Speiser, 1910
• S. omega Newstead, Dutton & Todd, 1907^[4]
• S. pallidus Roubaud, 1911^[4]
• S. pullus Austen, 1909
• S. sitiens Rondani, 1873^[4]
• S. stigma Emden, 1939
• S. taeniatus Bigot, 1888
• S. transvittatus Villeneuve, 1916^[4]
• S. uruma Shinonaga & Kano, 1966
• S. varipes Bezzi, 1907^[4]
• S. xanthomelas Roubaud, 1937