THE FLIES THAT CAUSE MYIASIS IN MAN 55 



SARCOPHAGA STRIATA (Fabricius) 



Synonyms. — Sarcophaga haematodes Meigen; Ravinia .striata (Fabricius); 

 Sarcpphaga sulcata Robineau-Desvoidy. 



Geographical Distribution. — Palaearctic Region : England, Portugal, Spain, 

 France, Netherlands, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Germany, Czecho- 

 slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, European Russia 

 (southern part north to Leningrad Moscow, and the Tartar and Chuvash Repub- 

 lics), Azerbaijan, north Caucasus, Azores, Canary Islands, Algeria, Tunisia, Libia, 

 Egypt, Dodecanese, Syria, Palestine, Arabia, north India (Kashmir and Himalayas 

 east to Darjeeling), Uzbek, Turkmen, Tadzhik, Irkutsk, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, 

 Mongolia, China. Common through the warmer parts of the Palaearctic Region. 



Pathogenesis. — This species has been reported by Castellani and 

 Chalmers (#5, p. 1629) as causing gastrointestinal myiasis, but this 

 record is open to question. The larvae normally breed in carrion, but 

 have been reported in wound myiasis. 



SARCOPHAGA FERTONI Villeneuve 



Geographical Distribution. — Palaearctic Region: Spain, France, Italy, Cor- 

 sica, Hungary, Rumania, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt. 



Pathogenesis. — This species has been recorded in wound myiasis. 



SARCOPHAGA RUFICORNIS (Fabricius) 



Synonym. — Liopygia ruftcornis (Fabricius). 



Geographical Distribution. — Oriental Region: Ceylon, Chagos Islands, India, 

 Malay States, Taiwan, Philippine Islands, China (Hong Kong). Ethiopian 

 Region : Northeast Africa, Socotra. 



Pathogenesis. — This species is said by Castellani and Chalmers 

 (£•5, p. 1639) to cause an occasional very severe form of dermal myiasis 

 in India. Sinton (110) reports this species in association with 

 "Chiysomyia dux" (C. bezzianaf) from a septic wound behind the ear 

 of a dog. Sinton gives an extensive description of the larva, with 

 illustrations. Patton (102) states that cutaneous myiasis caused 

 presumably by this species is reported to be common in south India, 

 especially on the east coast. It has also been reported in intestinal 

 myiasis. 



SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA Robineau-Desvoidy 



Synonyms. — Sarcophaga fuscicauda Bottcher ; Boettcherisca percgrina (Robi- 

 neau-Desvoidy). 



Geographical Distribution. — Palaearctic Region: China, Manchuria (Port 

 Arthur), Japan. Oriental Region: India, Malay States (Perak), Riouw Archi- 

 pelago, Taiwan, Philippine Islands, Java. Australian Region : South Australia, 

 Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea, Samoa, Fiji, Hawaiian Islands. 



Pathogenesis. — This species has been known to larviposit in wounds 

 in man. It breeds in a wide variety of substances, including meat and 

 human excrement. It is said to be almost as closely associated with 

 man in certain tropical regions as the housefly (Musca domestica L.). 

 A case of intestinal myiasis has been recorded, but the record must be 

 questioned ; stools are easily contaminated by species breeding in human 

 excrement. 



SARCOPHAGA NODOSA Engel 



Geographical Distribution. — Ethiopian Region: Southern Rhodesia (com- 

 mon) ; South Africa. 



