Oestridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Calyptratae
Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Oestridae
Subfamiliae: Cuterebrinae - Gasterophilinae - Hypodermatinae - Oestrinae
Overview of genera (26)

Cephalopina – Cephenemyia – Cobboldia – Cuterebra – Dermatobia – Gasterophilus – Gedoelstia – Gyrostigma – Hypoderma – Kirkioestrus – Neocuterebra – Ochotonia – Oestroderma – Oestromyia – Oestrus – Pallasiomyia – Pavlovskiata – Pharyngobolus – Pharyngomyia – Portschinskia – Przhevalskiana – Rhinoestrus – Ruttenia (Diptera) – Strobiloestrus – Suioestrus – Tracheomyia
Name

Oestridae Leach, 1815
Vernacular names
English: Botfly
Nordfriisk: Besfleegen
français: Œstridés ou Œstres
Frysk: Brims
עברית: זבובי צאן
日本語: ヒツジバエ科
Nederlands: Horzels
References

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.
El-Hawagry, M.S.A., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Al Dhafer, H.M. 2020. The family Oestridae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera, Oestroidea). ZooKeys, 113–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.947.52317 Open access Reference page.
Pollock, J.N. 2010: Bot flies (Insecta: Oestridae, part) and Glossinidae-Hippoboscidae derive from basal Ephydroidea, not Calyptratae. Journal of natural history, 44: 1929–1952. DOI: 10.1080/00222931003764071
Wolff, M.I. & Grisales, D. 2016. FAMILY OESTRIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 876–880. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.73. Reference page.