Family Oestridae - Bot Flies

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Oestridae (Bot Flies)

Other Common Names

Warble Flies

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

the constituent groups currently considered subfamilies used to be treated as families for a long time

Explanation of Names

Oestridae Leach 1815

Numbers

>40 spp. in 6 genera of 3 subfamilies in our area(1) and ~180 spp. in 30 genera of 4 subfamilies worldwide(2)(3)

Identification

Large, stout bodied flies that resemble bees.

Range

worldwide; the Hypodermatinae (30 spp. in 8 genera) are primarily restricted to Eurasia, but a few species are introduced or found across the arctic (4)(5)(1)

Food

adults do not feed (mouthparts atrophied), larvae are endoparasites of various mammals(6)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Phylogeny and evolution of bot flies T. Pape. 2006. In: The oestrid flies: Biology, host–parasite relationships, impact and management (D.D. Colwell et al., eds): 20-50.

3.	Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.

4.	Medical and Veterinary Entomology Gary Mullen, Lance Durden. 2002. Academic Press.

5.	Megalodacne

6.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 24 July, 2005 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, edanko
Last updated 31 May, 2018 - 12:57pm

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