Portschinskia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Oestridae |
Genus: |
Portschinskia Semenov, 1902 |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020. [2]
Portschinskia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Oestridae |
Genus: |
Portschinskia Semenov, 1902 |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
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]
The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020. [2]