Portschinskia
Portschinskia is a genus of flies. They are also known as bumblebee bot flies due to their striking resemblance to bumblebees both in habit and colour patterns.[2] Like all bot flies they are obligate parasites whose larvae develop in mammals.[3][4][5][6]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Oestridae |
Genus: | Portschinskia Semenov, 1902 |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020.[2]
- Portschinskia bombiformis Portschinsky, 1901
- Portschinskia burmensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
- Portschinskia gigas Portschinsky, 1901
- Portschinskia himalayana Grunin, 1962
- Portschinskia loewii Schnabl, 1877
- Portschinskia magnifica Pleske, 1926
- Portschinskia neugebaueri Portschinsky, 1881
- Portschinskia przewalskyi Portschinsky, 1887
- Portschinskia sichuanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
- Portschinskia xizangensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
- Portschinskia yunnanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
See also
References
- "Portschinskia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- Li, Xin-Yu; Pape, Thomas; Zhang, Dong (2020). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of the bumblebee bot flies (Oestridae: Hypodermatinae: Portschinskia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (3): 942–973. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz176.
- Grunin, K. J. (1965). "64b. Hypodermatidae". In Lindner, E. (ed.). Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 8. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart’sche. pp. 1–153.
- Zumpt, F. (1965). Myiasis of man and animals in the Old World. London: Butterworths.
- Colwell, D. D.; Hall, M. J. R.; Scholl, P. J. (2006). The oestrid flies: biology, host-parasite relationships, impact and management. Wallingford: CABI.
- Wood, D. M. (2006). "Morphology of adult Oestridae". In Colwell, D. D.; Hall, M .J. R.; Scholl, P. J. (eds.). The oestrid flies: biology, host- parasite relationships, impact and management. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 79–80.
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