Oestrus (fly)
Genus of flies
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Oestrus is a genus of bot flies, from the family Oestridae
| Oestrus | |
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| Oestrus ovis, Ukraine | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Oestridae |
| Subfamily: | Oestrinae |
| Genus: | Oestrus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Oestrus ovis | |
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The genus includes the sheep bot fly (O. ovis Linnaeus, 1758) that is a major pest of the sheep industry worldwide.[2][3][4][5]
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Oestrus:[4]
- Oestrus aureoargentatus Rodhain & Bequaert, 1912
- Oestrus caucasicus Grunin, 1948
- Oestrus cervi Schrank, 1803
- Oestrus colombaschensis Scopoli, 1780
- Oestrus curvicauda White, 1789
- Oestrus dubitatus Basson & Zumpt, 1969
- Oestrus fasciculosus Gmelin, 1790
- Oestrus gvozdevi Grunin, 1950
- Oestrus macdonaldi Gedoelst, 1912
- Oestrus ovis Linnaeus, 1758 (sheep bot fly)
- Oestrus spec Linnaeus, 1758
- Oestrus variolosus Loew, 1863
