A world review of reported myiases caused by flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), including the first case of human myiasis from Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)
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Title: | A world review of reported myiases caused by flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), including the first case of human myiasis from Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805) |
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Authors: | Pérez-Bañón, Celeste | Rojas, Cecilia | Vargas, Mario | Mengual Sanchis, Ximo | Rojo, Santos |
Research Group/s: | Bionomía, Sistemática e Investigación Aplicada de Insectos Dípteros e Himenópteros |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales |
Keywords: | Hover flies | Hoverflies | Flower flies | Costa Rica | Rat-tailed maggots | Myiasis | Palpada | Syrphidae |
Knowledge Area: | Zoología |
Issue Date: | Mar-2020 |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Citation: | Parasitology Research. 2020, 119: 815-840. doi:10.1007/s00436-020-06616-4 |
Abstract: | Rat-tailed larvae of the syrphid species Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805) are documented causing an enteric human myiasis in Costa Rica. This is the first time that the genus Palpada is recorded as a human myiasis agent. We report a 68-year-old woman with intestinal pain and bloody diarrhea with several live Palpada larvae present in the stool. Using molecular techniques (DNA barcodes) and both electronic and optical microscopy to study the external morphology, the preimaginal stages of the fly were unambiguously identified. An identification key to all syrphid genera actually known as agents of human and animal myiases is provided for larvae, puparia, and adults. Moreover, a critical world review of more than 100 references of Syrphidae as myiasis agents is also given, with emphasis on the species with rat-tailed larvae. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/104371 |
ISSN: | 0932-0113 (Print) | 1432-1955 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00436-020-06616-4 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06616-4 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - BIONOMIA - Artículos Científicos / Scientific Papers |
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