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A. History, Folklore, Biology.- I. History of knowledge about Oestroidea.- II. Popular knowledge about the Oestroidea.- III. Biology of the Oestroidea—The phenomenon of aggregation.- IV. References.- B. Systematics and phylogeny of the Oestridae.- I. Key to subfamilies.- II. Subfamily Cephenemyiinae Townsend.- III. Subfamily Tracheomyiinae, new.- IV. Subfamily Pharyngobolinae, new.- V. Subfamily Oestrinae Leach.- VI. Phylogeny of the Oestridae.- VII. Bibliography of Oestridae.- C. Characteristics of the hosts of Oestridae.- I. List of present hosts.- II. General considerations about the hosts.- III. References.- D. Hypothetical history of Oestridae evolution.- I. Origin and diversification of the family.- II. The problem of the present absence of Oestridae in South America.- III. The problem of the presence of Oestridae in Australia.- IV. Evolution in Africa.- V. Evolution in Eurasia and North America.- VI. References.- Abstract.