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original home may perhaps explain partly why more than 
one species of Hippobosca infest nowadays domestic equines 
and cattle. I have attempted to distinguish in a table 
between the “normal” and the “facultative” or “accidental” 
hosts, in so far as feasible. 
Normal Hosts 
Facultative and 
Accidental (Acc.) 
Hosts 
H. equina 
domestic equines 
cattle 
(Acc.: dog, rabbit, 
camel, birds) 
H. capensis 
domestic dog, lion, 
duiker, dik-dik 
leopard, hyena, 
cheetah, civet, fox, 
serval 
(Acc.: mule) 
H. fulva 
hartebeest 
H. maculata 
domestic equines 
and cattle 
camel, dromedary 
H. rufipes 
domestic equines 
domestic cattle, 
wildebeest, eland, 
giraffe 
(Acc. : ? ostrich) 
H. hirsuta 
waterbuck and al- 
lied antelopes 
H. struthionis 
ostrich 
H. camelina 
camel, dromedary 
horse (?Acc.) 
The following alphabetical list of 36 names will serve 
as an index to the synonymy here adopted : 
albo-maculata Macquart =rufipes v. Olfers. 
albonotata Rondeim=rufipes v. Olfers. 
bactriana Rond3Lni=camelina Leach. 
bengalensis Ormerod =maculata Leach. 
bipartita MsLcquart=maculata Leach. 
calopsis Bigot=maculata Leach. 
cameli Besich=camelina Leach. 
8. camelina Leach. A valid species. 
Camelopardalis Roubaud =rufipes v. Olfers. 
canina Rondani=capewsis v. Olfers. 
