Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Higher classification Botfly | Phylum Arthropoda Scientific name Oestrinae Rank Subfamily | |
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Similar Botfly, Fly, Insect, Hypodermatinae, Cephenemyia | ||
Oestrinae is a subfamily of Oestridae which includes parasitic flies attacking a range of different hosts. There are 9 genera with 34 species in this subfamily, which typically spend their larval stage in the skin or soft tissues of mammals, including deer or sheep (such species are often considered pests).
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