Family Hippoboscidae Samouelle 1819 (louse fly)
Parent taxon: Calyptratae according to B. M. Wiegmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Anthomyiidae, Fanniidae, Glossinidae, Hippoboscoidea, Muscidae, Muscoidea, Oestroidea, Scathophagidae
Subtaxa: Hippobosca, Lynchia, Ornithomya, Ornithoponus
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