Cochliomyia
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cochliomyia-187-11694273
title:
Cochliomyia
text:
Cochliomyia is a genus in the family Calliphoridae, known as blowflies, in the order Diptera. Cochliomyia is commonly referred to as the New World screwworm flies, as distinct from Old World screwworm flies. Four species are in this genus: C. macellaria, C. hominivorax, C. aldrichi, and C. minima. C. hominivorax is known as the primary screwworm because its larvae produce myiasis and feed on living tissue. This feeding causes deep, pocket-like lesions in the skin, which can be very damaging to t
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of insects
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochliomyia
date created:
2008-03-15T17:42:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:03:54Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Screwworm_larva.jpg","width":640,"height":831}
fields total:
13
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16