UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 631 



Washington, D. C. 



September 1947 



THE FLIES THAT CAUSE MYIASIS IN MAN 



By Maurice T. Jame> 



Entomologist, Division of Insect Identification, Bureau of Entomology and Plant 

 Quarantine, Agricultural Research Administration 1 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Types of myiasis 



Patton's classification 



Bishopp*s classification 



(modified > 



Life histories 



Morphology 



AdultV 



Larva 



Technique for rearing, preserv- 

 ing, and shipping 



Rearing 



Preservation and mounting. 



Packing and shipping 



Classification of the Diptera 



Keys to families of Diptera 



The family Sarcophagidae 



Key to genera 



The genus Wohlfahrtia Brau- 



er and Bergenstamm 



The genus Titanogrypha 



Townsend 



The genus Sarcophaga Mei- 



gen 



The family Calliphoridae 



Key to the genera 



The genus Callitroga Brauer _ 

 The genus Paralucilia Brau- 



er and Bergenstamm 



The genus Chrysomya Robi- 

 neau-Desvoidy (including 



MicrocaUiphora ) 



The genus Phormia Robi- 



neau-Desvoidy 



The genus Protophormia 



Townsend 



The genus Pollenia Robi- 



neau-Desvoidy 



The genus Auchmeromyia 

 Brauer and Bergenstamm. 



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The family Calliphoridae — Con. 



The genus Cordylobia Grim- 

 berg 



The genus Stasisia Surcouf _ 



The genus Lueilia Robineau- 

 Desvoidy (including Phae- 

 n icia Robineau-Desvoidy). 



The genus Cynomyopsis 

 Townsend 



The genus CaUiphora Robi- 

 neau-Desvoidy and re- 

 lated genera 



Key to restricted genera and 



species 



The family Gasterophilidae__,_ 



The genus Gasterophilus 



Leach 



The family Cuterebridae 



Key to genera 



The genus Cuterebra Clark__ 



The genus Dermatobia 

 Brauer 



The genus Cephenemyia 



Latreille 



The family Hypodermatidae 



The genus Hypoderma La- 

 treille 



The family Oestridae 



Key to genera 



The genus Oestrus Linnaeus. 



The genus Rhinoestrus 



Brauer 



The family Muscidae (including 

 the Anthomyiidae) 



Key to genera 



The genus Anthomyia Mei- 

 gen 



The genus Pa regie Schnabl 

 and Dziedzicki 



The genus Hylemya Robin- 

 eau-Desvoidv 



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'Acknowledgment is made to many persons for help and suggestions, but 



particularly to Alan Stone and Charles T. Greene, of the Division of Insect 

 Identification, for critical reading of certain parts of the manuscript, and to the 

 Division of Insects Affecting Man and Animals for some of the illustrations used 

 in this work. The original drawings and diagrams were made by Arthur Cush- 

 nian, of the Division of Insect Identification. 



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