Ultrastructure of the male terminalia of Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria

Abstract

Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria are species that cause primary and secondary myiasis, respectively of medical and veterinary importance in the New World. The male terminalia of both insects show morphological differences that are now described from scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations.

Keywords

• Diptera
• Calliphoridae
• Cochliomyia hominivorax
• Cochliomyia macellaria
• terminalia
• ultrastructure