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INTRODUCTION
A bot fly belongs to the family Oestridae within the superfamily Oestroidea, variously known as
warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies. The bot flies have received considerable attention ever since
the domestication of the hoofed animals. The flies are parasitic and are of significant medical
and veterinary importance because of their mammal-parasitising habit. The larvae grow in the
skin, flesh, nasal, ophthalmic and alimentary tracts of cattle, horses, sheep and goat. The
Oestridae accounts for 5% of the cases of all human myasis. The human botfly, Dermatobia
hominis, is the only species of bot fly known to use humans routinely as its larval host, while
others may accidentally invade the human hosts living in close approximation to cattle.
There are 130 known species of bot flies under 26 genera worldwide. 13 species (of which two
are endemic *) belonging to 10 genera under 3 subfamilies Gasterophilinae, Hypodermatinae
and Oestrinae have been reported from India.
Genus Gasterophilus Leach, 1817
ORDER: DIPTERA
SUBORDER: CYCLORRHAPHA
SUPERFAMILY: OESTROIDEA
FAMILY OESTRIDAE
Subfamily GASTEROPHILINAE
1. Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Gasterophilus intestinalis (De Geer, 1776)
3. Gasterophilus nasalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
4. Gasterophilus pecorum (Fabricius, 1794)
Genus Gyrostigma Brauer, 1884
5. Gyrostigma sumatrensis Brauer, 1887
Genus Cobboldia Brauer, 1887
6. Cobboldia elephantis (Cobbold, 1882)*
Genus Hypoderma Latreille, 1818
7. Hypoderma lineatum (Villers, 1789)
Genus Portschinskia Semenov, 1902
Subfamily HYPODERMATINAE
8. Portschinskia himalayana Grunin, 1962*