Hypodermatinae

Taxobox
name = Hypodermatinae


image_caption = "Hypoderma bovis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Calyptratae
superfamilia = Oestroidea
familia = Oestridae
subfamilia = Hypodermatinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = *"Hypoderma" Latreille, 1818
*"Oestroderma"
*"Oestromyia" Latreille, 1818
6 others

Hypodermatinae is a subfamily of Oestridae which includes large, parasitic flies, some of which are known as warble flies. There are 9 genera in this subfamily, which typically spend their larval stage in the skin or soft tissues of mammals, including bovines (such species are often considered pests).

References

Pape, T. (2001). Phylogeny of Oestridae (Insecta: Diptera). "Systematic Entomology" 26, 133-171. doi: 10.1046/