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Species of fly
Stomoxys calcitrans is known by the common names stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, and power mower fly. Unlike most members of the family Muscidae, Stomoxys calcitrans and others of its genus suck blood from mammals. Now found worldwide, the species is considered to be of Eurasian or African origin. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Stable flyA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Contact and Fumigant Activities of Citrus aurantium Essential Oil against the Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae)Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Insects in relation to national defenseThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Larvicidal Activity of Merck MK-933, an Avermectin, Against the Horn Fly, Stable Fly, Face Fly, and House Fly12Cited 76 times
- Go sideways: HydrotaeaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MuscidaeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals. Stomoxys calcitrans.
Noun Stomoxys calcitrans.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Larvicidal Activity of Merck MK-933, an Avermectin, Against the Horn Fly, Stable Fly, Face Fly, and House Fly12
Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana for Controlling the House Fly and Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)
Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Research Needs
Fate of diflubenzuron in the stable fly and house fly
Isolation and characterization of a diuretic peptide common to the house fly and stable fly
Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Migration in Northwest Florida
Comparative Efficiency of Six Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Traps
Stable Fly, House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae), and Other Nuisance Fly Development in Poultry Litter Associated with Horticultural Crop Production
🆕 Influential since 2022
Contact and Fumigant Activities of Citrus aurantium Essential Oil against the Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae)
An Integrated Pest Management Strategy Approach for the Management of the Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae)
Effects of Piper nigrum L. Fruit Essential Oil Toxicity against Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)
Insecticidal Activity of Plectranthus amboinicus Essential Oil against the Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) and the Horse Fly Tabanus megalops (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Optimization study of an amine loaded fly ash based stable aerogel for enhanced CO2 capture
📚 Books worth reading
Insects in relation to national defenseUnited States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine · 1941
Stable fliesUnited States. Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Library. · 1953- 📕Annotated bibliography of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), including references on other species belonging to the genus StomoxysClyde E. Morgan · 1983
- 📕Embryonic development of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans LinnaeusPeace Olayiwola Akanmu Ajidagba · 1979
- 📕How to control house and stable flies without using pesticidesL. G Pickens · 1994
- 📕Fly plagueSouth Africa. Department of National Health and Population Development · 1988
Control of dog fly breeding in beach deposits of marine grassesUnited States.: Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine · 1941
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