The early larval instars of Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera,Calliphoridae): myiasis blowflies of Africa and Australia

Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata are probably the two most important sheep myiasis flies in the southern hemisphere. This paper describes and illustrates structural features that enable reliable specific identification of the first and second instars of these species of be made.     

三色伊蝇蛆病流行规律和环境防治

三色伊蝇蛆病流行规律和环境防治严如柳，陈美，刘荫奎，黄秀莲（厦门大学生物学系）（仙游县畜牧兽医站）三色依蝇（ＩｄｉｅｌｌａｔｒｉｐａｒｔｉｔａＢｉｇｏｔ），幼虫在猪舍里，夜间钻进猪皮肤吸吮血液，引起蝇蛆病．本病在国外尚未见报道，国内主要见于江苏省的江...     

厕蝇与蝇蛆症

在系统查阅国内外相关文献的基础上,总结出厕蝇科昆虫作为病原所致的世界范围内蝇蛆症的概况。包括蝇蛆症的概念、类型及国内外研究概况、厕蝇科分类地位、生物学特征、致病种类。综合厕蝇所致蝇蛆病例17例,包括国内14例,国外3例。从寄生部位来看,该类昆虫主要引起泌尿生殖道,消化道蝇蛆症。其寄生类型均为偶然性寄生。     

Flowers,faeces and cadavers: natural feeding and laying habits of flesh flies in Thailand (Diptera: Sarcophagidae,Sarcophaga spp.)

Baiting and flower watching mainly in forest habitats throughout Thailand (1997–2002) yielded 46 species of Sarcophaga Meigen. About 50% of the species are new to Thailand and several new to science. All 67 species of Sarcophaga so far reported from Thailand are listed and their taxonomic status and nomenclature updated. Emphasis on rearing (523 broods) ensured species identification through the male progeny of the otherwise mostly unidentifiable females, and allowed several new correct male–female associations, besides offering new insights into the flies' breeding strategies. Three natural larviposition habits were observed in the wild: (1) on faeces of carnivorous and omnivorous, but not herbivorous, mammals (coprobiodotic), e.g. S. africa (Wiedemann), S. albiceps Meigen, S. misera Walker; (2) on cadaver (necrobiodotic), e.g. S. krathonmai Pape and Bänziger, S. nathani (Lopes), S. saprianovae Pape and Bänziger; and (3) on both of them (amphibiodotic), e.g. S. dux Thompson, S. ruficornis (Fabricius). However, larvae of copro- and necrobiodotic species experimentally transferred to cadaver and faeces, respectively, also developed to normal adults. The unexpected laying choosiness between excrement or carrion in the wild is discussed, together with the role played by laying habits in deceptive pollination systems and myiases.     

First records of parasitoidism by Sarcophagidae flies (Diptera) on three amphibian species in Mexico

ABSTRACT

Myiasis of amphibians is one example of parasitoidism in which the body of these vertebrates is infested by fly larvae. Only four families of Diptera have species reported as myiasigenous of amphibians: Chloropidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae. The latter is the only family for which cases of myiasis have been reported for the Neotropics, with observations from Nicaragua to Argentina. As part of a project to evaluate the conservation status of amphibian species in Mexico, five cases of myiasis were recorded in three frog species belonging to the families Hylidae, Ranidae and Craugastoridae. This study presents the first records of myiasis by a sarcophagid in Mexico, expands the geographical distribution of Lepidodexia (Notochaeta) bufonivora, reports new amphibian hosts for this parasitoid fly, and provides new details of both sarcophagid larvae and females.