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Portschinskia
Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Portschinskia is a genus of flies. They are also known as bumblebee bot flies due to their striking resemblance to bumblebees both in habit and colour patterns.[2] Like all bot flies they are obligate parasites whose larvae develop in mammals.[3][4][5][6]
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Taxonomy
The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020.[2]
- Portschinskia bombiformis Portschinsky, 1901
- Portschinskia burmensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
- Portschinskia gigas Portschinsky, 1901
- Portschinskia himalayana Grunin, 1962
- Portschinskia loewii Schnabl, 1877
- Portschinskia magnifica Pleske, 1926
- Portschinskia neugebaueri Portschinsky, 1881
- Portschinskia przewalskyi Portschinsky, 1887
- Portschinskia sichuanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
- Portschinskia xizangensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
- Portschinskia yunnanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020[2]
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References
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