Chrysomya

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Chrysomya

a genus of flies of the family Calliphoridae. See also screw-worm.

Chrysomya albiceps, Chrysomya bezziana

(Old world screw-worm).

Chrysomya chloropyga, Chrysomya mallochi, Chrysomya rufifacies

cause cutaneous myiasis. See also lucilia, callitroga and phormia.

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Zhang, Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Chitosan from the Blowfly Chrysomya Megacephala larvae, Int.

Drug-Polymer Interaction Studies of Cytarabine Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles

The blowfly Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as a new forensic indicator in Central Europe.

Effect of temperature on the life cycle of Euspilotus azureus (Coleoptera: Histeridae), a predator of forensic importance

Results: 6620 specimens were collected with the method of glue traps; they were belonging to 23 species of Diptera and16 families, during the experiment, we recognized Lucilia sericata and Chrysomya albiceps, like the most important species encountered in local entomofauna, for what concerned the forensic entomology aspects.

Preliminary study of necrophagous Diptera associated with boar corpse (Sus scrofa) in a semi-arid environment in eastern Algeria: Implications in forensic entomology

vicina, Calliphora vomitoria, Chrysomya albiceps, Wohlfahrtia magnifica, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis and Sarcophaga carnaria.

Determination of Early Colonizer Urban Blowfly Species Using Small Bait Traps on a University Campus

Cutaneous myiasis due to Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve (Diptera:Calliphoridae) in a chicken, Gallus domesticus.

Miiasis traumatica por Cochliomyia hominivorax (diptera: calliphoridae) en un gallo. Nota tecnica

Los agentes etiologicos mas comunes son larvas de los generos: Sarcophaga, Dermatobia, Oestrus, Gasterophilus, Cochliomya, Lucilia, Chrysomya y Musca (8).

Miasis gastrica e intestinal por Ornidia obesa (Diptera: Syrphidae) en humanos. Primer reporte en Colombia

Ocular myiasis caused by Chrysomya bezziana--a case report.

Miasis nasal: informe de un caso y revision del tema

In that study, seven calliphorid species were collected, and Chrysomya albiceps was the dominant species in summer, autumn and spring, being replaced in winter by C.

Diversidad de moscas necrofagas (Diptera: Calliphoridae) de importancia medica y veterinaria en ambientes urbanos en Cordoba (Argentina)

Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 species were more abundant in January and February 2010.

Edge effects on the blowfly fauna (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of the Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Efeitos de borda sobre a fauna de califorideos (Diptera, Calliphoridae) no Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

En cuanto al ensamble de Calliphoridae colectado, se incluyen a las especies citadas de la provincia del Chubut por Mariluis & Mulieri (2003); asi mismo se destaca que se registran por primera vez de la provincia Paralucilia fulvinota Bigot, Paralucilia pseudolyrcea Mello y Chrysomya albiceps Wiedemann.

Primer estudio de artropodofauna cadaverica sobre modelos experimentales porcinos en el noreste de la provincia del Chubut, Argentina

Factors influencing oviposition, larval growth and mortality in Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae), a pest of salted dried fish in south-east Asia".