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Gasterophilus

[‚gas·tə′rä·fə·ləs]
(invertebrate zoology)
A large genus of botflies in the family Gasterophilidae.
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Ocorrencia da miiase cavitaria equina (Gasterophilus spp) e sua relacao com as ulceras gastricas secundarias na mucosa escamosa em Temuco, Chile
La miasis cavitaria, es una miasis producida en tejidos o cavidades corporales por la infestacion de estados larvarios de especies como Dermatobia hominis en bovinos (16), Oestrus ovis en ovinos y caprinos (27) y Gasterophilus spp en equinos (10).
There are 3 clinical manifestations of myiasis: localized furuncular myiasis typically caused by Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia anthropophaga, Wohlfahrtia vigil, and Cuterebra spp.; creeping dermal myiasis caused by Gasterophilus spp.
(blowflies) Ophthalmomyiasis * Oestrus ovis (botflies) (ocular myiasis) * Rhinoestrus purpurea * Wohlfahrita magnifica (Old World fleshflies) * Wohlfahrita nuba Creeping myiasis * Gasterophilus spp.
This contrasts with the common occurrence of larvae of Gasterophilus spp.
Comparative scanning electron microscopy of third instars of six Gasterophilus species.
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