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. Like all bot flies they are obligate parasites whose larvae develop in mammals.
Taxonomy
The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020.
- Portschinskia bombiformis <small>Portschinsky, 1901</small>
- Portschinskia burmensis <small>Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020</small>
- Portschinskia gigas <small>Portschinsky, 1901</small>
- Portschinskia himalayana <small>Grunin, 1962</small>
- Portschinskia loewii <small>Schnabl, 1877</small>
- Portschinskia magnifica <small>Pleske, 1926</small>
- Portschinskia neugebaueri <small>Portschinsky, 1881</small>
- Portschinskia przewalskyi <small>Portschinsky, 1887</small>
- Portschinskia sichuanensis <small>Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020</small>
- Portschinskia xizangensis <small>Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020</small>
- Portschinskia yunnanensis <small>Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020</small>
See also
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