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. 2021 Jan 28;28(4):2056–2066. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.01.032

Table 1.

Taxa used in the study along with the myiasis habit exhibited by their larvae on the targeted host.

Sub-family Species Myiasis habit and targeted host Reference source
Auchmeromyiinae Auchmeromyia luteola (Fabricius, 1805) Obligate myiasis (hematophagous) on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard, 1872) Obligate parasitism on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Hemigymnochaeta unicolor (Bigot, 1888) Obligate parasitism on termites’ and ants’ nests (Marinho et al., 2012)
Pachychoeromyia praegrandis (Austen, 1910) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011
Tricyclea sp. Obligate parasitism on termites’ and ants’ nests (Marinho et al. 2012)
Calliphorinae Calliphora croceipalpis (Jaennicke, 1867) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011
Calliphora vicina (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Calliphora dubia (Macquart, 1855) Secondary facultative on carrion. (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Calliphora quadrimaculata (Swederus, 1787) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1758.) Secondary facultative on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Cynomyopsis cadaverina (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Saprophagous on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Bellardia vulgaris (Robineau Desvoidy, 1830) Obligatory on earth-worms (Marinho et al., 2012)
Chrysomyinae Chloroprocta idioidea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Chrysomya bezziana (Villeneuve, 1914) Obligatory myiasis on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Chrysomya chloropyga (Wiedemann, 1818) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830) Secondary myiasis on carrion (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart, 1843) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858) Obligatory myiasis on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius, 1775) Secondary facultative on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius, 1805) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (Sanit et al. 2018)
Phormia regina(Meigen, 1826) Facultative (unknown degree) on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Compsomyiops fulvicrura (Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830) Saprophagous on carrion (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Protocalliphora sialia (Shannon & Dobroscky, 1924) Obligatory myiasis on birds and mammals (Marinho et al. 2012)
Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817) Obligatory myiasis on birds (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Luciliinae Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) Primary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Hypopygiopsis infumata (Bigot, 1877) Human carrion (Sanit et al., 2018)
Hemipyrellia fernandica (Macquart, 1855) Saprophagous on carrion (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia ampullaceal (Villeneuve, 1922) Secondary facultative on frogs (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia cluvia (Walker, 1849) Saprophagous on carrion (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) Primary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia illustris (Meigen, 1826) Secondary facultative on carrion and vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia mexicana (Macquart, 1844) Saprophagous on carrion (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia richardsi (Collin, 1926) Facultative (unknown degree) on vertebrates (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia silvarum (Meigen, 1826) Facultative (unknown degree) on toads/ frogs (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Lucilia bufonivora (Moniez, 1876) Obligate on frogs / toads (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wiedemann, 1830) Human carrion (Sukontason et al. 2010)
Polleniinae Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794) Obligatory on earth-worms (Marinho et al. 2012)
Pollenia amentaria (Scopoli, 1763) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Bengaliinae Bengalia depressa (Walker, 1857) Obligatory myiasis on termites and ant pupae (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Bengalia peuhi (Villeneuve, 1914) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Mesembrinellinae Eumesembrinella quadrilineata (Fabricius, 1805) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Eumesembrinella benoisti (Séguy, 1925) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Mesembrinella bellardiana (Aldrich, 1922) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Mesembrinella bicolor (Fabricius, 1805) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Mesembrinella peregrina (Aldrich, 1922) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Rhiniinae Cosmina fuscipennis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Rhinia sp. Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Rhyncomya soyauxi (Karsch, 1886) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Thoracites sp. Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Isomyia gomezmenori(Peris, 1951) Unknown (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Toxotarsinae Sarconesia chlorogaster (Wiedemann, 1830) Necrophagous (Flissak et al. 2018)
Helicoboscinae Eurychaeta palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Saprophagous on slugs and snails (gastropods) (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)
Melanomyinae Melinda viridicyanea Robineau (Desvoidy, 1830) Saprophagous on slugs and snails (gastropods) (McDonagh and Stevens, 2011)