Cephalopina

Cephalopina
Larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Oestridae
Subfamily: Oestrinae
Genus: Cephalopina
Strand, 1928
Species:
C. titillator
Binomial name
Cephalopina titillator
(Clark, 1816)

Cephalopina titillator is a species of fly in the family Oestridae. It is the only species in the genus Cephalopina. It is a nasal bot fly of dromedaries.

References

  1. ↑ "Cephalopsis titilator". ION. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cephalopina Strand, 1928". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Gosling, Peter (2005). Dictionary of Parasitology. CRC Press. p. 57. ISBN 9781420019629. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. ↑ M. Graber & J. Gruvel (1966). "A study of species causing myiasis in wild and domestic animals in equatorial Africa". In Augusto Corradetti (ed.). Proceedings of the First International Congress of Parasitology: Roma, 21–26 September 1964. Pergamon Press. pp. 944–945.

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