Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Jan 2003)

Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius, 1805) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as new biological vector of eggs of Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus Jr., 1781) (Diptera: Oestridae) in Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Marinho Clarissa Rezende,
  • Barbosa Leandro Silva,
  • Azevedo Ana Claudia Granthon de,
  • Queiroz Margareth M de Carvalho,
  • Valgode Mariângela Aguiar,
  • Coelho Valéria Magalhães Aguiar

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 98, no. 7
pp. 937 – 938

Abstract

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The aim of this note was to record for the first time the finding of Hemilucilia segmentaria acting as biological vector of Dermatobia hominis, during a study of the diversity of Calliphoridae at Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The insects were captured using traps baited with chicken vicera, for a period of 28-30 h twice per month. In the period of one year, 1987 insects were collected, 7.5% of which belonged to the H. segmentaria; of these a female was captured in May 2001, carrying a mass of 20 eggs on the left side of its abdomen.

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