- Gasterophilinae
Taxobox
name = Gasterophilinae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Muscomorpha
zoosectio =Schizophora
zoosubsectio =Calyptratae
superfamilia =Oestroidea
familia =Oestridae
subfamilia = Gasterophilinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = *"Cobboldia " Brauer, 1887
*"Gasterophilus " Leach, 1817
*"Gyrostigma " Hope, 1840
*"Neocuterebra "
*"Ruttenia "Gasterophilinae is a subfamily of
Oestridae which includes large, parasitic flies; this group has historically been treated as a family, but all recent classifications place them firmly within the Oestridae. Many members of this subfamily spend part of their larval stage in the digestive tract of herbivores. The best known genus is "Gasterophilus ", which attackshorse s,deer , and similar animals. The genus "Cobboldia " breeds inelephant s. The genus "Gyrostigma " breeds inrhinoceros es.References
Pape, T. (2001). Phylogeny of Oestridae (Insecta: Diptera). "Systematic Entomology" 26, 133-171. doi: 10.1046/
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