Portschinskia

Portschinskia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Oestridae
Genus:	Portschinskia Semenov, 1902
Synonyms [1]
SchnabliaBezzi, 1906

Portschinskia is a genus of flies. They are also known as bumblebee bot flies due to their striking resemblance to bumblebees both in habit and colour patterns. ^[2] Like all bot flies they are obligate parasites whose larvae develop in mammals. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Taxonomy

The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020. ^[2]

• Portschinskia bombiformis Portschinsky, 1901
• Portschinskia burmensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020 ^[2]
• Portschinskia gigas Portschinsky, 1901
• Portschinskia himalayana Grunin, 1962
• Portschinskia loewii Schnabl, 1877
• Portschinskia magnifica Pleske, 1926
• Portschinskia neugebaueri Portschinsky, 1881
• Portschinskia przewalskyi Portschinsky, 1887
• Portschinskia sichuanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020 ^[2]
• Portschinskia xizangensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020 ^[2]
• Portschinskia yunnanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020 ^[2]

See also

• Botfly

References

1. "Portschinskia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
2. Li, Xin-Yu; Pape, Thomas; Zhang, Dong (2020). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of the bumblebee bot flies (Oestridae: Hypodermatinae: Portschinskia)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (3): 942–973. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz176.
3. Grunin, K. J. (1965). "64b. Hypodermatidae". In Lindner, E. (ed.). Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 8. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart’sche. pp. 1–153.
4. Zumpt, F. (1965). Myiasis of man and animals in the Old World. London: Butterworths.
5. Colwell, D. D.; Hall, M. J. R.; Scholl, P. J. (2006). The oestrid flies: biology, host-parasite relationships, impact and management. Wallingford: CABI.
6. Wood, D. M. (2006). "Morphology of adult Oestridae". In Colwell, D. D.; Hall, M .J. R.; Scholl, P. J. (eds.). The oestrid flies: biology, host- parasite relationships, impact and management. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 79–80.