Hypoderma tarandi

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| name = Reindeer warble fly

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| genus = Hypoderma (fly)

| species = tarandi

| authority = Linné, 1758

| synonyms = Oedemagena tarandi
Oestrus tarandi

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File:Ice-bound on Kolguev - a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a record of the natural history of the island (1895) (14595270719).jpg in 1895. The caption reads: "We entered today on a new phase of reindeer life. For the first time the fly appeared (Hypoderma tarandi), known to the Samoyeds as Pi-liur, and to the Russians as Orwot.]]

Hypoderma tarandi, also known as the reindeer warble fly and reindeer botfly,{{cite journal | pmc = 2600172 | pmid=18258079 | doi=10.3201/eid1401.070163 | volume=14 | issue=1 | title=Human ophthalmomyiasis interna caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada | year=2008 | journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. | pages=64–6 | last1 = Lagacé-Wiens | first1 = PR | last2 = Dookeran | first2 = R | last3 = Skinner | first3 = S | last4 = Leicht | first4 = R | last5 = Colwell | first5 = DD | last6 = Galloway | first6 = TD}} is a species of warble fly that is parasitic on reindeer.Chillcott, in Stone et al., 1965, Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico, p. 1112.

The larvae of this fly are a skin-penetrating ectoparasite that usually infest populations of reindeer and caribou in Arctic areas, causing harm to the hides, meat and milk in domesticated herds. They also may cause ophthalmomyiasis in humans,{{cite journal| doi=10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.06.001 | pmid=24533338 | pmc=3862539 | volume=2 | title=Warble infestations by Hypoderma tarandi (Diptera; Oestridae) recorded for the first time in West Greenland muskoxen | year=2013 | journal=International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife | pages=214–216 | last1 = Samuelsson | first1 = Fredrik | last2 = Nejsum | first2 = Peter | last3 = Raundrup | first3 = Katrine | last4 = Vicky Alstrup Hansen | first4 = Tina | last5 = Moliin Outzen Kapel | first5 = Christian| bibcode=2013IJPPW...2..214S }} leading to uveitis, glaucoma and retinal detachment.{{cite journal | last1 = Lagacé-Wiens | first1 = P. R. |display-authors=etal | year = 2008 | title = Human ophthalmomyiasis interna caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 14 | issue = 1| pages = 64–6 | pmc=2600172 | pmid=18258079 | doi=10.3201/eid1401.070163}} H. lineatum and H. sinense may also infest humans.