''Booponus'' is a genus of blow flies in the
family
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Calliphoridae
The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blowflies, blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, ...
. Most species are
endoparasite
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s of large mammals.
Species
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Booponus aldrichi''
Senior-White, 1940
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Booponus borealis''
Rohdendorf, 1959
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Booponus indicus''
( Austen, 1930)
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Booponus inexspectatus''
(Grunin, 1947)
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Booponus intonsus''
Aldrich, 1923
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Booponus malayana''
Kurahashi, Benjaphong & Omar, 1997
References
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Calliphoridae
Oestroidea genera
Taxa named by John Merton Aldrich
Endoparasites