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Portschinskia

Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portschinskia
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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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