Cobboldiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Cobboldia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Oestridae. Cobboldia elephantis and Cobboldia loxodontis (=Platycobboldia loxodontis, the blue elephant stomach bot fly) adults lay their eggs near the mouth or base of the tusks of Asian and African elephants, respectively. The larvae hatch and develop in the mouth cavity and later move to the stomach. On maturing, the third instar larvae exit from the mouth and drop to the ground to pupate. A fossil species Cobboldia russanovi is known from the frozen remains of Mammoths. Cobboldia roverei Gedoelst, 1915 (=Rodhainommia roverei, the green elephant stomach bot fly) has been noted from the African Forest Elephant.