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botfly

Robust, hairy flies of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black & yellow or gray. Larvae of botflies are agents of myiasis in humans & domestic animals, especially herbivores.

Related

diptera (flies, mosquitoes, midges) myiasis

Specific

Cordylobia Dermatobia (botflies) Gastrophilus Hypoderma (cattle botflies) Oestrus

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 936