Family . | Fly name . | Genera . | Species . | Host . | Type of myiasis . | Geographical distribution . | ||
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Muscidae | Common house fly | Musca | Musca domestica | Animals | F | S | C,U,I,A,Or | Worldwide |
Musca sorbens | Animals | F | S | C | ||||
Latrine/lesser housefly | Fannia | Fannia canicularis | Animals | F | S | U,I | ||
Fannia scalaris | Animals | F | S | U,I | ||||
Large house fly | Muscina | M. stabulans | Animals | F | S | U,I | ||
Calliphoridae | Congo floor maggot | Auchmeromyia | A. luteola | pig, hog, ant bears, hyenas | O | P | C, San | Africa south of the Sahara |
Tumbu/Mango fly | Cordylobia | C. anthropophaga | rats, dogs, cata, goats, mice, monkeys, chimpanzees, chicken | O | P | C,Oo,Or | Sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia | |
Lund’s fly | C. rodhaini | Antelopes, shrews, monkeys, gerbils, rats | O | P | C | Tropical Africa | ||
New-World screwworm | Callitroga (Cochliomyia) | C. hominivorax | Warm-blooded animals | O | S | C,Oo,U,A,Oo,N,Or C | From Belize and Guatemala to Uruguay and northern Chile, West Indies | |
Secondary screwworm | C. macellaria | F | S | C | From south east Canada to Argentina | |||
Old-World screwworm | Chrysomyia | C. bezziana | Warm-blooded animals | O | S | C,Oo,U,A,Oo,Or | Africa, Middle East, Asia, from India and China to Papua New Guinea | |
C. albiceps C. megacephala C. chloropyga C. mallochi C. putoria C. inclinata | Animals | F F F F F F | T S S S S S | C C | Africa, Middle East, Asia Africa, Middle East, Asia | |||
Sheep strike | Lucilia | L. cuprina | Sheep | F | P,S | C,I | Africa, Asia, Australia | |
European sheep blow-flies, fleece-worms | L. sericata | Sheep | F | P,S | C,U,Or,I | Europe, USA | ||
Blowfly | L. ampullacea | Sheep | F | P,S | U | Europe, Japan | ||
Bluebottle flies | Calliphora | C. erthyrocephala C. vicina Microcaliphora varpis C. vomitoria | Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep | F F F F | P P P S | C,I,U C,I,U C,I,U C,Oo,U | Middle East | |
Mack-blow flies | Phormia | Ph. regina Ph. terrae-novae | Sheep Sheep | F F | P,S P,S | C,I C,I | North America North America, Europe | |
Sarcophagidae | Flesh flies | Sarcophaga | S. haemoridalis, S. tibials S. incisilobata | Warm-blooded animals | F F | S S | C,I,U U | Worldwide Central Europe, Ireland, Asia |
Wohlfahrtia | W. magnifica | Warm-blooded animals | O O | P P | C,Oo,Or,A,N | Mediterranean basin, Middle East, Asiatic Russia, China | ||
W. nuba | O | P | C | From west Africa to Pakistan | ||||
W. vigil | O | P | C | Canada, Northern USA | ||||
Gastrophilidae | Horse bot fly | Gastrophilus | G. pecorum, G. haemorrhoidalis, G. intermis G. nigricornis, | Equine | O | P | Cr Cr Cr | Global, especially the Mediterranean basin, Middle East, South Africa, Central America, Africa, USA |
Cuterebridae | Human bot | Dermatobia | D. hominis | Cattle, mammals | O | P | C,Oo,N,U,CC | Forested areas of the New-World tropics, West Indies |
Rodent botflies | Cuterebra | C. emasculator | Rodent | O | P | C,N | North America | |
Oestridae | Sheep nasal botflies | Oestrus | O. ovis | Sheep, goats | O | P | Eo,Or,A,N | Mediterranean basin, Middle East, India, Russia, South Africa, Central America, USA |
Horse nasal botflies | Rhinoestrus | R. purpureus | Equine | Eo | Russia, Italy, Africa | |||
Hypodermatidae | Cattle grub | Hypoderma | H. bovis | Cattle | O | P | Io, CC | North temperate zone |
or warbles | Hypoderma | H. lineatum | Cattle, horse | O | P | C,Io,Cr, CC | South temporate zone | |
H. diana | Red deer | O | P | C,Cr | Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, northern Europe | |||
Reindeer warble | Oedemagena | O. tarandi | Reindeer | O | P | Oo,Or | Scandinavia, Canada |
Family . | Fly name . | Genera . | Species . | Host . | Type of myiasis . | Geographical distribution . | ||
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Muscidae | Common house fly | Musca | Musca domestica | Animals | F | S | C,U,I,A,Or | Worldwide |
Musca sorbens | Animals | F | S | C | ||||
Latrine/lesser housefly | Fannia | Fannia canicularis | Animals | F | S | U,I | ||
Fannia scalaris | Animals | F | S | U,I | ||||
Large house fly | Muscina | M. stabulans | Animals | F | S | U,I | ||
Calliphoridae | Congo floor maggot | Auchmeromyia | A. luteola | pig, hog, ant bears, hyenas | O | P | C, San | Africa south of the Sahara |
Tumbu/Mango fly | Cordylobia | C. anthropophaga | rats, dogs, cata, goats, mice, monkeys, chimpanzees, chicken | O | P | C,Oo,Or | Sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia | |
Lund’s fly | C. rodhaini | Antelopes, shrews, monkeys, gerbils, rats | O | P | C | Tropical Africa | ||
New-World screwworm | Callitroga (Cochliomyia) | C. hominivorax | Warm-blooded animals | O | S | C,Oo,U,A,Oo,N,Or C | From Belize and Guatemala to Uruguay and northern Chile, West Indies | |
Secondary screwworm | C. macellaria | F | S | C | From south east Canada to Argentina | |||
Old-World screwworm | Chrysomyia | C. bezziana | Warm-blooded animals | O | S | C,Oo,U,A,Oo,Or | Africa, Middle East, Asia, from India and China to Papua New Guinea | |
C. albiceps C. megacephala C. chloropyga C. mallochi C. putoria C. inclinata | Animals | F F F F F F | T S S S S S | C C | Africa, Middle East, Asia Africa, Middle East, Asia | |||
Sheep strike | Lucilia | L. cuprina | Sheep | F | P,S | C,I | Africa, Asia, Australia | |
European sheep blow-flies, fleece-worms | L. sericata | Sheep | F | P,S | C,U,Or,I | Europe, USA | ||
Blowfly | L. ampullacea | Sheep | F | P,S | U | Europe, Japan | ||
Bluebottle flies | Calliphora | C. erthyrocephala C. vicina Microcaliphora varpis C. vomitoria | Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep | F F F F | P P P S | C,I,U C,I,U C,I,U C,Oo,U | Middle East | |
Mack-blow flies | Phormia | Ph. regina Ph. terrae-novae | Sheep Sheep | F F | P,S P,S | C,I C,I | North America North America, Europe | |
Sarcophagidae | Flesh flies | Sarcophaga | S. haemoridalis, S. tibials S. incisilobata | Warm-blooded animals | F F | S S | C,I,U U | Worldwide Central Europe, Ireland, Asia |
Wohlfahrtia | W. magnifica | Warm-blooded animals | O O | P P | C,Oo,Or,A,N | Mediterranean basin, Middle East, Asiatic Russia, China | ||
W. nuba | O | P | C | From west Africa to Pakistan | ||||
W. vigil | O | P | C | Canada, Northern USA | ||||
Gastrophilidae | Horse bot fly | Gastrophilus | G. pecorum, G. haemorrhoidalis, G. intermis G. nigricornis, | Equine | O | P | Cr Cr Cr | Global, especially the Mediterranean basin, Middle East, South Africa, Central America, Africa, USA |
Cuterebridae | Human bot | Dermatobia | D. hominis | Cattle, mammals | O | P | C,Oo,N,U,CC | Forested areas of the New-World tropics, West Indies |
Rodent botflies | Cuterebra | C. emasculator | Rodent | O | P | C,N | North America | |
Oestridae | Sheep nasal botflies | Oestrus | O. ovis | Sheep, goats | O | P | Eo,Or,A,N | Mediterranean basin, Middle East, India, Russia, South Africa, Central America, USA |
Horse nasal botflies | Rhinoestrus | R. purpureus | Equine | Eo | Russia, Italy, Africa | |||
Hypodermatidae | Cattle grub | Hypoderma | H. bovis | Cattle | O | P | Io, CC | North temperate zone |
or warbles | Hypoderma | H. lineatum | Cattle, horse | O | P | C,Io,Cr, CC | South temporate zone | |
H. diana | Red deer | O | P | C,Cr | Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, northern Europe | |||
Reindeer warble | Oedemagena | O. tarandi | Reindeer | O | P | Oo,Or | Scandinavia, Canada |
F = Facultative myiases, O = Obligatory myiases, In = Incidental myiasis, P = Primary myiasis, S = Secondary myiasis, T = Tertiary myiasis, C = Cutaneous myiasis, Cr = Creeping myiasis, Eo = External ophthalmomyiasis, Io = Internal ophthalmomyiasis, Oo = Orbital ophthalmomyiasis, N = Nasal myiasis, Or = Oral myiasis, I = Intestinal myiasis, A = Ear myiasis, U = Urogenital myiasis, CC = Cerebral myiasis, San = Sanguinivorous.
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