Hypodermatinae
Appearance
Hypodermatinae | |
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Hypoderma bovis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Oestridae |
Subfamily: | Hypodermatinae |
Genera | |
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
[edit]Hypodermatinae includes 9 genera:[1]
- Hypoderma
- Ochotonia
- Oestroderma
- Oestromyia
- Pallasiomyia
- Pavlovskiata
- Portschinskia
- Przhevalskiana
- Strobiloestrus
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pape, Thomas (April 2001). "Phylogeny of Oestridae (Insecta: Diptera)". Systematic Entomology. 26 (2): 133–171. Bibcode:2001SysEn..26..133P. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2001.00143.x.