Oestrus (fly)

Oestrus
	Illustrations in a 1797 paper by Bracy Clark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Oestridae
Subfamily:	Oestrinae
Tribe:	Oestrini
Genus:	Oestrus; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Oestrus ovis; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	O. ovis Linnaeus, 1758 ; ...others;

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 in the Australian sheep industry.

About 34 species are in the genus.

Species

Genus: Oestrus Linnaeus, 1758

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