''Booponus'' is a genus of blow flies in the
family
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Calliphoridae
The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing ba ...
. Most species are
endoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s of large mammals.
Species
*''
Booponus aldrichi
''Booponus'' is a genus of blow flies in the family Calliphoridae. Most species are endoparasites of large mammals.
Species
*'' Booponus aldrichi'' Senior-White, 1940
*'' Booponus borealis'' Rohdendorf, 1959
*'' Booponus indicus'' ( Austen, 1930 ...
''
Senior-White, 1940
*''
Booponus borealis
''Booponus'' is a genus of blow flies in the family Calliphoridae. Most species are endoparasites of large mammals.
Species
*''Booponus aldrichi'' Senior-White, 1940
*'' Booponus borealis'' Rohdendorf, 1959
*'' Booponus indicus'' ( Austen, 1930) ...
''
Rohdendorf, 1959
*''
Booponus indicus''
( Austen, 1930)
*''
Booponus inexspectatus''
(Grunin, 1947)
*''
Booponus intonsus''
Aldrich Aldrich may refer to:
Places United States
*Aldrich, Alabama, unincorporated community
*Aldrich, Minnesota, city
*Aldrich Township, Wadena County, Minnesota
*Aldrich, Missouri, village
People
*Aldrich (surname), a surname (including a list of pe ...
, 1923
*''
Booponus malayana''
Kurahashi, Benjaphong & Omar, 1997
References
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Calliphoridae
Oestroidea genera
Taxa named by John Merton Aldrich
Endoparasites