Bothrophora

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Bothrophora lupina

| image = Bothrophora lupina.jpg

| display_parents = 3

| parent_authority = Schiner, 1868{{cite book |last1=Schiner |first1=I.R. |title=Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. |date=1868 |publisher=K. Gerold's Sohn |location=Wien |pages=388pp., 4 pls}}

| taxon = Bothrophora lupina

| authority = (Swederus, 1787)

| synonyms = (Genus)

• Hystricina Malloch, 1932{{cite journal |last1=Malloch |first1=J.R. |title=The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand. Part VII |journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum |date=1932 |volume=3 |pages=431–455}}

(Species)

• Musca lupina Swederus, 1787
• Bothrophora zelebori Schiner, 1868

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Bothrophora is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=1 July 2023 |date=5 March 2020}} It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Bothrophora lupina which is found in New Zealand.{{cite journal |last1=Swederus |first1=N.S. |title=Et nytt genus och femtio nya species af insecter. K. Vetenskapsakad |journal=Nya Handl |date=1787 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=181–201, pl. 8– 276–290}}