Cochliomyia hominivorax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oestroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Calyptratae Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Calliphoridae
Subfamilia: Chrysomyinae
Tribus: Chrysomyini
Genus: Cochliomyia
Species: Cochliomyia hominivorax

Name

Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858).

Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne ("Cayenne")

Typus: Holotype [?], BMNH

Synonymy

Lucilia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858: 173, pl.2, no.11 (Original combination)
Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858; (See Kossman et al. 2013).

Heterotypic

Calliphora anthropophaga Conil, 1878 in Lesbini, Weyenbergh & Conil, 1878: 71 (Junior subjective synonym of Cochliomyia hominivorax, listed in Poole & Lewis, 1996: 78)
- Type locality: Argentina. Cordoba
  - Typus:

Somomyia fulvobarbata Bigot, 1888: 598 (Junior subjective synonym of Cochliomyia hominivorax, listed in Poole & Lewis, 1996: 78)
- Type locality: Uruguay. Montevideo
  - Typus: Holotype [?], BMNH

Cochliomyia americana Cushing & Patton, 1933: 539 (Junior subjective synonym of Cochliomyia hominivorax, listed in Poole & Lewis, 1996: 78)
- Type locality:
  - Typus:

=Callitroga americana (Cushing & Patton, 1933); Hall, 1948: 125 Comb. nov. (Note, later Callitroga suppressed per ICZN).

Uncertain:

Compsomyia homicida Brauer, 1899: page? (Junior subjective synonym [?])
- Type locality:
  - Typus:

(Note see also Calliphora infesta Philippi 1861, also listed as a "syn" (=Junior subjective synonym of Cochliomyia hominivorax [?], as listed in Poole & Lewis, 1996: 78).

References

Primary references

Bigot, J.M.F. 1888. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Muscidi (J. B.). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 12: 581-617.
Coquerel, C. 1858. Note sur les larves appartenant à une espèce nouvelle de Diptère (Lucilia hominivorax) developpées dans les sinus frontaux de l'homme à Cayenne. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (3)6: 171–176. BHL Reference page.
Cushing, E.C. & Patton, W.S. 1933. Studies on the Higher Diptera of Medical and Veterinary Importance. Cochliomyia americana sp. nov., the Screw-worm Fly of the New World. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 27(4): 539-551. DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1933.11684779 Reference page.
Lesbini, C., Weyenbergh, C.H. & Conil, P.A. 1878. Etudes sur la Myiasis. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 3(2): 41-98.
Poole, R.W. & Lewis, R.E. 1996. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A check list of the insects of North America, Volume 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. Entomological Information Services, Rockville, Maryland. 1143 pp. Full text archived from www.nearctica.com (PDF) ISBN 978-1-889002-03-3 Reference page.

Additional references

Hall, 1948. The blowflies of North America. Thomas Say Foundation (Series), v. 4. Baltimore. BHL
ICZN. 1986. Opinion 1399 Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915 (Diptera, Calliphoridae): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 43(2): 154-155. BHL
Kossman, C., Mello, R.P. de, Harterreiten-Souza, E.S. & Pujol-Luz, J.R. 2013. A list of current valid blow fly names (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Americas south of Mexico with key to the Brazilian species. EntomoBrasilis 6(1): 74-85.

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