Journal of Medical Entomology (2015) 52, 368-374

M. Pezzi, R. Cultrera, M. Chicca and M. Leis (2015)
Scanning electron microscopy investigations of third-instar larva of Cordylobia rodhaini (Diptera: Calliphoridae), an agent of furuncular myiasis
Journal of Medical Entomology 52 (3), 368-374
Abstract: A scanning electron microscopy study of the third larval instar of Cordylobia rodhaini Gedoelst (Diptera: Calliphoridae), causing obligatory furuncular myiasis, is presented here for the first time. The larvae were collected from a patient exposed to them in the tropical rainforest of Kibale National Park (Uganda). Distinctive features are described in sequence from the anterior region to the posterior region, highlighting the morphological features of antennae, maxillary palps, structures related to mouth opening, sensory structures, thoracic and abdominal spines, and anterior and posterior spiracles. The results are compared with those of other Calyptrata flies, mainly from the family Calliphoridae and, when possible, with Cordylobia anthropophaga Blanchard (Diptera: Calliphoridae), the only other species of genus Cordylobia investigated by scanning electron microscopy.
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Database assignments for author(s): Marilena Leis

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cordylobia rodhaini		Uganda