Biology:Hypodermatinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Hypodermatinae
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Hypoderma bovis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Oestridae
Subfamily: Hypodermatinae
Genera
  • Hypoderma Latreille, 1818
  • Oestroderma
  • Oestromyia Latreille, 1818

6 others

The Hypodermatinae are a subfamily of Oestridae.[1] The Hypodermatinae include large parasitic flies, some of which are known as warble flies. The 9 genera in this subfamily typically spend their larval stages in the skin or soft tissues of mammals, including bovines. Such species include serious pests of livestock.

Genera

Hypodermatinae includes 9 genera:[1]

  • Hypoderma
  • Ochotonia
  • Oestroderma
  • Oestromyia
  • Pallasiomyia
  • Pavlovskiata
  • Portschinskia
  • Przhevalskiana
  • Strobiloestrus

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pape, Thomas (April 2001). "Phylogeny of Oestridae (Insecta: Diptera)". Systematic Entomology 26 (2): 133–171. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2001.00143.x. 

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