Species-diagnostic anatomical characters of fleshflies are not known for most immature stages or even adults, and an existing key may be incomplete or difûcult for nonspecialists to use. The use of sarcophagids for PMI estimations has been greatly hampered by their highly similar morphological characters. DNA-based method can be used as a supplemental means of morphological method in identifica...

myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larva of diptera, is reported in the nasal cavity of a 5.5- year-old iranian girl. she was referred from golestan province to the shaheed rajaei heart center in tehran. in the 41th day after admission, a live parasite was found in her nasal secretions suction identified presumably as a second instar larvae of a facultative myiasis, woholfartia nuba ...

myiasis is a common veterinary entomology problem in many slaughterhouses in the tropics.the prevalence of myiasis among slaughtered cattlewas investigated in kashan abattoir, central iran, in 2009. all kinds of dipterous larvae that may cause myiasis were collected and identified.thenthe prevalence of each infestation was analyzed by statistical tests. the results of the study revealed a total...