Hypoderma tarandi
| Reindeer warble fly | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Subclass: | Pterygota
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| Order: | Diptera
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| Suborder: | Brachycera
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| Family: | Oestridae
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| Species: | H. tarandi
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| Synonyms | |
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Oedemagena tarandi | |
Hypoderma tarandi, also known as reindeer warble fly and caribou bot fly,[1] is a species of warble fly that is parasitic on reindeer.[2]
The larvae of this fly are a skin-penetrating ectoparasite that usually infest populations of reindeer and caribou in Arctic areas, causing harm to the hides, meat and milk in domesticated herds. They also may cause Ophthalmomyiasis in humans.[3]
See also
- Cephenemyia trompe, another reindeer parasitic fly
References
- ^ Emerging infectious diseases - Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada
- ^ Chillcott, in Stone et al., 1965, Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico, p. 1112.
- ^ Warble infestations by Hypoderma tarandi (Diptera; Oestridae) recorded for the first time in West Greenland muskoxen
External links
Media related to Hypoderma tarandi at Wikimedia Commons- The two reindeer parasites, Hypoderma tarandi and Cephenemyia trompe (Oestridae)
