The Hypodermatinae are a
subfamily of
Oestridae
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. ''Dermatobia homin ...
.
The Hypodermatinae include large
parasitic
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 ha ...
flies, some of which are known as warble flies. The 9 genera in this subfamily typically spend their larval stages in the skin or soft tissues of
mammals, including
bovine
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. The evolutionary relationship be ...
s. Such species include serious pests of livestock.
Genera
Hypodermatinae includes 9 genera:
[
* '' Hypoderma''
* '' Ochotonia''
* '' Oestroderma''
* '' Oestromyia''
* '' Pallasiomyia''
* '' Pavlovskiata''
* '']Portschinskia
''Portschinskia'' is a genus of flies. They are also known as bumblebee bot flies due to their striking resemblance to bumblebees
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', pa ...
''
* '' Przhevalskiana''
* '' Strobiloestrus''
References
Oestridae
Parasitic flies
Brachycera subfamilies
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