Auchmeromyia

(awk'mer-ō-mī'yă),

A genus of bloodsucking botflies found in areas of Central and East Africa (for example, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Tanzania) (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera).

[G. auchmeros, without rain, hence unwashed, squalid, + myia, a fly]

Auchmeromyia

a genus of flies of the family Calliphoridae.

Auchmeromyia luteola

the larva of this African fly is a blood-sucker and parasitizes pigs and humans. Called also Congo floor maggot.

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and Zimbabwe Eristalis tenax Sanguinivorous Auchmeromyia luteola Zimbabwe-Harare, Mutare and Hwange Type of myiasis Reference Ocular 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ocular and nasal 21 Cutaneous 22 23 24 25 26 27 28, 29, 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Furuncular 38 39 40 41 42 43 39 44 45 39 46 Gastrointestinal 35 47 Intestinal 48 Rectal 35 Urinogenital 35 Sanguinivorous 35 Table 2.