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Family GASTEROPHILIDAE


Compiler and date details

10 July 2007 - Michale Elliot, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Introduction

Gasterophilids or Horse Botflies are represented by 3 species in Australia. Information on their biology is given by Evenhuis (2007) and by Hamilton et al. (2006).

 

General References

Evenhuis, N.L. 2007. Family Gasterophilidae. In, Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. (online version)

Hamilton, J. et al. 2006. On the Fly, The interactive atlas and key to Australian fly families. [CD-Rom] CBIT & Australian Biological Resources Study, Brisbane & Canberra