Oestrus is a genus of bot flies, from the family Oestridae
The genus includes the sheep bot fly (O. ovis Linnaeus, 1758) that is a major pest of the sheep industry worldwide.
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Oestrus:
- Oestrus aureoargentatus <small>Rodhain & Bequaert, 1912</small>
- Oestrus caucasicus <small>Grunin, 1948</small>
- Oestrus cervi <small>Schrank, 1803</small>
- Oestrus colombaschensis <small>Scopoli, 1780</small>
- Oestrus curvicauda <small>White, 1789</small>
- Oestrus dubitatus <small>Basson & Zumpt, 1969</small>
- Oestrus fasciculosus <small>Gmelin, 1790</small>
- Oestrus gvozdevi <small>Grunin, 1950</small>
- Oestrus macdonaldi <small>Gedoelst, 1912</small>
- Oestrus ovis <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (sheep bot fly)
- Oestrus spec <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Oestrus variolosus <small>Loew, 1863</small>
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