Hippoboscoidea
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Hippoboscoidea
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Diptera
| subordo = Brachycera
| superfamilia = Hippoboscoidea
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
Glossinidae
Hippoboscidae
Mormotomyiidae
Nycteribiidae
Streblidae
}}
Hippoboscoidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae. The flies in this superfamily are blood-feeding obligate parasites of their hosts. The Hippoboscidae are commonly called louse flies. The Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are known as bat flies. The family Mormotomyiidae contains one species, Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen, known from one locality in Kenya.
Reference
Borror, D.J., C.A. Triplehorn, and N.F. Johnson. 1989. An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th edition. Saunders College Publishing.