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Hippelates
Sign in to saveHippelates is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae that are often referred to as eye gnats or eye flies (the name is also used for members of the Old World genus Siphunculina).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyChloropidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 800
- With media
- 72
- Family
- Chloropidae
- Collections
- FCB-UANL, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Bolivia, Netherlands Antilles, Ecuador, Australia
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chloropidae
- Image
- Eye gnat.jpg
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- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon name
- Hippelates
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Hippelates is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae that are often referred to as eye gnats or eye flies (the name is also used for members of the Old World genus Siphunculina).
==Description== They are very small ( long) flies that frequently congregate around the eyes to lap at the fluids. They are primarily a nuisance pest, and do not bite. They have been linked with the spread of bovine mastitis in North America, and in certain tropical regions, they are capable of vectoring disease-causing bacteria (e.g., yaws).
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