Oestrus (fly) explained

Oestrus is a genus of bot flies, from the family Oestridae

The genus includes the sheep bot fly (O. ovis Linnaeus, 1758) that is a major pest of the sheep industry worldwide.^[1]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Oestrus:

• Oestrus aureoargentatus Rodhain & Bequaert, 1912
• Oestrus caucasicus Grunin, 1948
• Oestrus cervi Schrank, 1803
• Oestrus colombaschensis Scopoli, 1780
• Oestrus curvicauda White, 1789
• Oestrus dubitatus Basson & Zumpt, 1969
• Oestrus fasciculosus Gmelin, 1790
• Oestrus gvozdevi Grunin, 1950
• Oestrus macdonaldi Gedoelst, 1912
• Oestrus ovis Linnaeus, 1758 (sheep bot fly)
• Oestrus spec Linnaeus, 1758
• Oestrus variolosus Loew, 1863

Notes and References

1. Moreno . Virginia . Romero-Fernández . Ismael . Marchal . Juan A. . Beltrán . Manuel . Granados . José E. . Habela . Miguel A. . Tamadon . Amin . Rakhshandehroo . Ehsan . Sarasa . Mathieu . Pérez . Jesús M. . Sánchez . Antonio . 2015-09-15 . Molecular characterization of bot flies, Oestrus spp., (Diptera, Oestridae), from domestic and wild Bovidae hosts . Veterinary Parasitology . 212 . 3 . 473–477 . 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.08.002 . 0304-4017.