Oestroidea
Sign in to saveOestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae that includes the blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives. It occurs worldwide and has about 15,000 described species.
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- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
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Oestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae that includes the blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives. It occurs worldwide and has about 15,000 described species.
== Evolution and phylogeny == thumb|right|Mesembrinella caenozoica holotype male, fossil in [[Dominican amber]]The earliest known fossil of Oestroidea is of a Mesembrinellidae found in Dominican amber from the Miocene. The Oestroidea in general are believed to have originated 48.2 million years ago.
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