''Booponus'' is a genus of blow flies in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Calliphoridae The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing b ...

. Most species are

endoparasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...

s of large mammals.

Species

*'' Booponus aldrichi'' Senior-White, 1940 *'' Booponus borealis'' Rohdendorf, 1959 *'' Booponus indicus'' ( Austen, 1930) *'' Booponus inexspectatus'' (Grunin, 1947) *'' Booponus intonsus'' Aldrich, 1923 *'' Booponus malayana'' Kurahashi, Benjaphong & Omar, 1997

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14538128 Calliphoridae Oestroidea genera Taxa named by John Merton Aldrich Endoparasites