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
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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Aug 1995
