Ultrastructure of the male terminalia of Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria

Abstract

Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria are species that cause primary and secondary myiasis, respectively of medical and veterinary importance in the New World. The male terminalia of both insects show morphological differences that are now described from scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations.

Diptera; Calliphoridae; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Cochliomyia macellaria; terminalia; ultrastructure

ABSTRACT

Ultrastructure of the male terminalia of Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria

Antônio Cesar Rios Leite¹

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia, Belo Horizonte, Brasil

Cochliomyia hominivorax and C. macellaria are species that cause primary and secondary myiasis, respectively of medical and veterinary importance in the New World. The male terminalia of both insects show morphological differences that are now described from scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  01 June 2009
• Date of issue
  Aug 1995