Oestridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oestroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Calyptratae Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Oestridae
Subfamiliae: Cuterebrinae – Gasterophilinae – Hypodermatinae – Oestrinae

Overview of genera (26)

Cephalopina – Cephenemyia – Cobboldia – Cuterebra – Dermatobia – Gasterophilus – Gedoelstia – Gyrostigma – Hypoderma – Kirkioestrus – Neocuterebra – Ochotonia – Oestroderma – Oestromyia – Oestrus – Pallasiomyia – Pavlovskiata – Pharyngobolus – Pharyngomyia – Portschinskia – Przhevalskiana – Rhinoestrus – Ruttenia (Diptera) – Strobiloestrus – Suioestrus – Tracheomyia

Name

Oestridae Leach, 1815

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

El-Hawagry, M.S.A., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Al Dhafer, H.M. 2020. The family Oestridae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera, Oestroidea). ZooKeys, 113–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.947.52317 Reference page.
Pollock, J.N. 2010: Bot flies (Insecta: Oestridae, part) and Glossinidae-Hippoboscidae derive from basal Ephydroidea, not Calyptratae. Journal of natural history, 44: 1929–1952. DOI: 10.1080/00222931003764071
Wolff, M.I. & Grisales, D. 2016. FAMILY OESTRIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 876–880. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.73. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Botfly
Nordfriisk: Besfleegen
français: Œstridés ou Œstres
Frysk: Brims
עברית: זבובי צאן
日本語: ヒツジバエ科
Nederlands: Horzels

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