Oestrus (fly)

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Oestrus
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Oestrus ovis, Ukraine
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Oestridae
Subfamily: Oestrinae
Genus: Oestrus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Oestrus ovis
Synonyms [1]
  • Aestrus Lioy, 1865
  • Cephalemya Rondani, 1856
  • Cephalomyia Agassiz, 1846
  • Coephalomyia Rondani, 1868
  • Estrus Lioy, 1865
  • Gastromysa Rondani, 1857
  • Oestreus Radermacher, 1779
image_caption = Illustrations in a 1797 paper by Bracy Clark Botflies Bracy Clark.png
image_caption = Illustrations in a 1797 paper by Bracy Clark

Oestrus is a genus of bot flies, from the family Oestridae

Contents

The genus includes the sheep bot fly (O. ovis Linnaeus, 1758) that is a major pest of the sheep industry worldwide. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Oestrus: [4]

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS report, Oestrus" . Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Featured Creatures, sheep bot fly" . Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ↑ Moreno, Virginia; Romero-Fernández, Ismael; Marchal, Juan A.; Beltrán, Manuel; Granados, José E.; Habela, Miguel A.; Tamadon, Amin; Rakhshandehroo, Ehsan; Sarasa, Mathieu; Pérez, Jesús M.; Sánchez, Antonio (2015-09-15). "Molecular characterization of bot flies, Oestrus spp., (Diptera, Oestridae), from domestic and wild Bovidae hosts" . Veterinary Parasitology. 212 (3): 473–477. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.08.002. ISSN   0304-4017.
  4. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Oestrus Linnaeus, 1758" . Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  5. ↑ "GBIF, Oestrus" . Retrieved 2024-10-01.


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