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Oestridae

7 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Oestridae

Cephenemyia stimulator is a deer botfly whose larvae are obligate parasites of cervids, found in Scandinavia.

Oestrus ovis, the sheep bot fly, is a widespread parasite of hoofed hosts with this specific life cycle.

Cuterebra fontinella is a North American botfly that primarily infests white-footed mice, and resembles bees as an adult.

Cuterebra emasculator, the squirrel bot fly, is a New World parasitic skin bot fly of chipmunks and tree squirrels in the eastern US.

Cuterebra americana (woodrat bot fly) is a New World skin bot fly species in the Oestridae family.

Cuterebra abdominalis is a New World skin bot fly that parasitizes lagomorphs, belonging to the family Oestridae.

Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly, is a parasitic botfly native to the Americas whose larvae develop under host skin.

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