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.[1] Like all bot flies they are obligate parasites whose larvae develop in mammals.[2][3][4][5]

Portschinskia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Oestridae
Subfamily:
Hypodermatinae
Genus:
Portschinskia

Taxonomy

The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020.[1]

  • Portschinskia bombiformis Portschinsky, 1901
  • Portschinskia burmensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[1]
  • 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[1]
  • Portschinskia xizangensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[1]
  • Portschinskia yunnanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[1]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Grunin, K. J. (1965). "64b. Hypodermatidae". In Lindner, E. (ed.). Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 8. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart’sche. pp. 1–153.
  3. Zumpt, F. (1965). Myiasis of man and animals in the Old World. London: Butterworths.
  4. Colwell, D. D.; Hall, M. J. R.; Scholl, P. J. (2006). The oestrid flies: biology, host-parasite relationships, impact and management. Wallingford: CABI.
  5. 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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