A new host record for Philornis (Diptera, Muscidae)

Abstract

larvae parasite the nestlings of a wide range of bird species. Although the adults are well known in literature, data on the biology of the larvae is known only for about 50% of the species. The larvae can be free living on the bird nests, with coprophagous or semi-hematophagous habits or intradermical in the nestlings, with hematophagous habits. The females deposit their eggs in the nests or directly on the nestlings. The larvae, in the majority of the species with known larval biology, are subcutaneous parasites, with hematophagous habits, forming a tumor on their hosts, especially on the head, wings and dorsal region of the body (

Myiasis by Philornis spp. (Diptera: Muscidae) in Dendroica castanea (Aves: Parulidae) in Panama

“…The bird was removed from the nest and was transported to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), where 5 maggots were extracted. Later, the fly larvae were transferred to the Medical Entomology Branch of Gorgas Memorial Institute (ICGES), and were identified using diagnostic characters proposed by Couri et al (2005Couri et al ( , 2007, and Franz and Couri (2008). The specimens were deposited in "Dr. Eustorio Méndez" Zoological Collection of the ICGES (CoZEM).…”