Table 68.1
Classification, hosts (in addition to human), type of myiasis and geographical distribution of Dipteran human myiasis producing flies
Family Fly name Genera Species Host Type of myiasis Geographical distribution

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

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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