Gasterophilus (redirected from Gasterophilus intestinalis (syn. Gasterophilus equi))

Gasterophilus /Gas·ter·oph·i·lus/ (gas″ter-of´ĭ-lus) a genus of botflies the larvae of which develop in the gastrointestinal tract of horses and may sometimes infect humans.

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Gasterophilus

a genus of flies, the horse bot flies, the larvae of which develop in the gastrointestinal tract of horses and may sometimes infect humans. A member of the family Gasterophilidae.

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Gasterophilus equi

see G. intestinalis (below).

Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

eggs are laid around the mouth and on the cheeks; the larvae are found in the mucosa of the tongue and establish finally in the stomach.

Gasterophilus inermis

eggs are laid around the mouth and on the cheeks; the larvae are found in the cheek mucosa and settle finally in the rectum.

Gasterophilus intestinalis (syn. Gasterophilus equi)

the eggs are laid near the front fetlocks and up the legs as far as the shoulder; the larvae are found in the mucosa of the tongue and subsequently at the gastric cardia.

Gasterophilus nasalis (syn. Gasterophilus veterinus)

the larvae are laid in the intermandibular space; larvae are found at the pylorus and in the duodenum.

Gasterophilus nigricornis

an uncommon horse bot fly.

Gasterophilus pecorum

the eggs are laid on plants, the larvae are found in the mucosa of the cheeks and eventually gastric pylorus.

Gasterophilus veterinus

see G. nasalis (above).