myiasis flies (book) Flashcards
blue bottle flies
calliphora spp
green bottle flies
lucilia spp
flesh flies
sarcophaga spp
houseflies
musca spp
eggs or larvae deposited in or near living tissues or organs and larvae inevitable become parasitic
specific or obligate myiasis
screw worms
callitroga sp., chrysomyia sp.
bot flies
gastrophilus sp.
warble flies
hypoderma sp.
these are accidental myiasis
calliphora, lucilia, sarcophaga, musca
black bottle flies
phormia spp.
eggs or larvae deposited in decaying organic matter and less frequently in diseased tissues and neglected wounds
semi-obligate myiasis
semi-obligate myiasis
fleshflies, green bottle flies, blue bottle flies, black bottle flies
obligate myiasis species
screw worm flies, bot flies, warble flies
important families of myiasis flies
calliphoridae, sarcophagidae, oestridae, cuterebridae
genae black
Calliphora vomitoria
eyes and genae red
Calliphora erythrocephalia
stout with metallic blue color body, 12 mm long
genus calliphora
these are lobes or scale like appendages at the junction of the thorax and wings
squama
common name of genus lucilia
green bottle flies or copper bottle flies
stout with metallic coppery green body
Genus lucilia
squama of calliphora
short and long hairs
squama of genus lucilia
short hairs only
main cause of strike in the US under genus lucilia
Lucilia sericata
main cause of blow fly strike in sheeo in australia
Lucilia cuprina (L. caesar)
length of genus lucilia
8-10 mm
eyes of genus lucilia
brownish red
black with metallic blue green sheen, 6-11 mm long
genus phormia
phormia in great britain and US
P. regina
phormia in US, canada, britain
p. terraenovae
these 3 genera of coleoptera cause strike in sheep
calliphora, lucilia, phormia
strike in tail after docking
tail strike
strike in penis or sheath
pizzle strike
strike in deep head folds
poll strike
wound strike is located on
wounded areas
body strike
dorsal region of the body
type of female in calliphora flies
oviparous
larvae of blue bottle flies hatch in how many days/hours?
8 hours to 3 days
after molting twice, larvae of calliphorine turn into grown maggots in how many days
2-19 days
pupal period of calliphorine
3-7 days
characteristics of calliphorine pupa
brown, oval, non motile