Portschinskia
Portschinskia is a genus of flies. They are also known as bumblebee bot flies due to their striking resemblance to bumblebees both in habit and colour patterns. Like all bot flies they are obligate parasites whose larvae develop in mammals.
Taxonomy
The first phylogenetic study of Portschinskia of all 11 species, including four new species, was published in 2020.Portschinskia bombiformis Portschinsky, 1901Portschinskia burmensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020Portschinskia gigas Portschinsky, 1901Portschinskia himalayana Grunin, 1962Portschinskia loewii Schnabl, 1877Portschinskia magnifica Pleske, 1926Portschinskia neugebaueri Portschinsky, 1881Portschinskia przewalskyi Portschinsky, 1887Portschinskia sichuanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020Portschinskia xizangensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020Portschinskia yunnanensis Xin-Yu Li, Thomas Pape, Dong Zhang, 2020