Oestroidea

Oestroidea
Sarcophaga bercaea (Sarcophagidae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Clade: Eremoneura
Clade: Cyclorrhapha
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Calyptratae
Superfamily: Oestroidea
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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.