Booponus Explained

Booponus is a genus of blow flies in the family Calliphoridae. Most species are endoparasites of large mammals.^[1]

Species

• Booponus aldrichi Senior-White, 1940^[2]
• Booponus borealis Rohdendorf, 1959^[3]
• Booponus indicus (Austen, 1930)
• Booponus inexspectatus (Grunin, 1947)
• Booponus intonsus Aldrich, 1923
• Booponus malayana Kurahashi, Benjaphong & Omar, 1997^[4]

Notes and References

1. Austen. E. E. . 1932 . The last larval stage of Elephantolaemus indicus Austen (Diptera, family Calliphoridae, subfamily Calliphorinae), a subcutaneous parasite of the Indian elephant . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 100 . 4 . 869–871 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb01567.x . 21 November 2014 -->.
2. Book: Senior-White, R.A. . Aubertin. D.. Smart . J. . 1940 . Diptera. Vol. VI. Family Calliphoridae . Sewell, R.B.S. . The fauna of British India, including the remainder of the Oriental Region . Taylor & Francis, Ltd., London . xii + 288 . 21 November 2014.
3. Rohdendorf. B. B. . 1959 . Booponus borealis, sp. n. (Diptera, Calliphoridae), a new parasite of Siberian Red Deer (Cervus elaphus sibiricus Sev.) in southern Siberia . ru . Ent. Obozr. 38. 583–589.
4. Kurahashi . H.. Bonjaphong. N. . Omar. B. . 1997. Blow flies (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Malaysia and Singapore . Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 5 . 1–88 .