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) |