Phylogeny of Oestridae (Insecta: Diptera)

Abstract

Summary The phylogeny of Oestridae was analysed at the generic level using 118 characters from all developmental stages and including morphology, ontogeny, physiology and behaviour. Four major clades were given subfamilial rank with the phylogenetic relationship (Cuterebrinae (Gasterophilinae (Hypodermatinae + Oestrinae))). The subdermal parasites of the African elephant, Neocuterebra squamosa Grünberg and Ruttenia loxodontis Rodhain, had their most probable affiliation subordinate to the clade of stomach parasites, although their exact position needs further investigation. Genus Ochotonia Grunin, which is known from a single third‐instar larva only, was the probable sister group of all other Hypodermatinae. Twenty‐five oestrid genera were recognised as valid and those containing more than one species were defined through lists of autapomorphies. Cuterebra Clark was proposed as a senior synonym of Alouattamyia Townsend, Andinocuterebra Guimarães, Pseudogametes Bischof and Rogenhofera Brauer. The clade of hypodermatine ungulate parasites (Hypoderma Latreille +Pallasiomyia Rubtzov +Pavlovskiata Grunin +Przhevalskiana Grunin +Strobiloestrus Brauer) remained largely unresolved, and genus Przhevalskiana emerged without defining characters.

Tracheopulmonary Myiasis Caused by a Mature Third-InstarCuterebraLarva: Case Report and Review

“…The genus is also found in Mexico and Neotropical regions (17). Although more than 70 species of Cuterebra (6) have been described (13,14,22), much remains unknown about preimaginal stages and fly biology.…”

Checklist of the Heleomyzidae, Neriidae and Oestridae (Insecta, Diptera) in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

“…Taxonomic studies for the Neotropical fauna were mainly published by Dr José Henrique Guimarães and Dr Nelson Papavero (Guimarães & Carrera, 1941;Guimarães, 1966Guimarães, , 1967aGuimarães, ,b,c, 1971Guimarães, , 1984Guimarães, 1989Guimarães & Papavero, 1966, 1999Papavero & Guimarães, 2008). Regarding the systematics, the major publication is the Oestridae phylogeny by Pape (2001) recovering the phylogenetic relationships among the world genera of Oestridae.…”

“…Approximately 190 species are distributed worldwide, and 37 of them are found in the Neotropical Region (Guimarães & Papavero, 1999). The group is divided into four subfamilies, Hypodermatinae, Gasterophilinae, Oestrinae and Cuterebrinae (Pape, 2001), the latter being distributed exclusively in the Neotropical Region (Guimarães, 1967a).…”

First Report of Bot Fly (Cuterebra baeri) Infestation in Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) from Mexico

“…Two species of cuterebrid bot flies (Diptera: Oestridae: Cuterebrinae; Wood, 1987;Pape, 2001) are known to parasitize primates: Cuterebra baeri, previously know as Alouattamyia baeri, and Dermatobia hominis. Cuterebra baeri is thought to be highly host specific, primarily parasitizing howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) (Colwell, 2001).…”