Cephenemyia trompe

Reindeer nose botfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Oestridae
Genus: Cephenemyia
Species:
C. trompe
Binomial name
Cephenemyia trompe
(Modeer, 1786)
Synonyms

Oestrus trompe Modeer, 1786

Cephenemyia trompe,[1] also known as the reindeer nose botfly, is a species of botfly first described by Adolph Modéer in 1786. It belongs to the deer botfly genus Cephenemyia.[1][2][3] This fly is parasitic on reindeer. It is one of two Cephenemyia species found only in Scandinavia.[1][3]

The larvae of Cephenemyia trompe infect the nose area of reindeer.[4] The adult is active during the Arctic summer, being able to fly very fast and having developed olfactory abilities to find reindeer from long distances.[5] Its activity, however, is inhibited by strong winds, low temperatures and rain or snow.[6] This species has a very short pupariation time compared to other reindeer botfly species.[7]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. ^ Systema Dipterorum. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds), 2011-01-06
  3. ^ a b Dyntaxa Cephenemyia trompe
  4. ^ Epizootiology of the reindeer nose bot fly, Cephenemyia trompe (Modeer) (Diptera: Oestridae), in reindeer, Rangifer tarandus (L.), in Norway
  5. ^ Tømmerås, Bjørn Å.; Wibe, Atle; Nilssen, Arne C.; Anderson, John R. (1993). "The olfactory response of the reindeer nose bot fly,Cephenemyia trompe (Oestridae), to components from interdigital pheromone gland and urine from the host reindeer,Rangifer tarandus". Chemoecology. 4 (2): 115–119. Bibcode:1993Checo...4..115T. doi:10.1007/BF01241681.
  6. ^ Anderson, JR; Nilssen, AC (1996). "Trapping oestrid parasites of reindeer: the response of Cephenemyia trompe and Hypoderma tarandi to baited traps". Med Vet Entomol. 10 (4): 337–46. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00754.x. PMID 8994135. S2CID 23138071.
  7. ^ Douglas D. Colwell, Martin J. R. Hall, Philip J. Scholl & A. C. Nielsen eds. The Oestrid Flies: Biology, Host-parasite Relationships, Impact and Management, p. 126