''Cephenemyia trompe'', also known as the reindeer nose botfly, is a species of

botfly Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are flies of the family Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. '' Dermatobia hominis'' is ...

first described by Adolph Modéer in 1786. It belongs to the deer botfly genus ''Cephenemyia''. This fly is

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...

reindeer The reindeer or caribou (''Rangifer tarandus'') is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, taiga, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only re ...

. It is one of two ''Cephenemyia'' species found only in

Scandinavia Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...

. The larvae of ''Cephenemyia trompe'' infect the nose area of reindeer. The adult is active during the Arctic summer, being able to fly very fast and having developed olfactory abilities to find reindeer from long distances. Its activity, however, is inhibited by strong winds, low temperatures, and rain or snow. This species has a very short

pupa A pupa (; : pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages th ...

riation time compared to other reindeer botfly species.Douglas D. Colwell, Martin J. R. Hall, Philip J. Scholl & A. C. Nielsen eds. ''The Oestrid Flies: Biology, Host-parasite Relationships, Impact and Management'', p. 126

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Dyntaxa Cephenemyia trompe
/ref> ''Systema Dipterorum''. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds), 2011-01-06

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The two reindeer parasites, ''Hypoderma tarandi'' and ''Cephenemyia trompe'' (Oestridae)Factors affecting size, longevity and fecundity in the reindeer oestrid flies Hypoderma tarandi (L.) and Cephenemyia trompe (Modeer)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q13493830 Oestridae Muscomorph flies of Europe Insects of the Arctic Veterinary entomology Parasitic flies Parasitic arthropods of mammals Reindeer Insects described in 1786

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