Cordylobia anthropophaga
Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, tumba fly, putzi fly, or skin maggot fly, is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans) during its larval stage. C. anthropophaga has been endemic in the subtropics of Africa for more than 135 years and is a common cause of myiasis in humans in the region. Its specific epithet anthropophaga derives from the Greek word anthropophagos, "human eater".
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Cordylobia anthropophaga
Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, tumba fly, putzi fly, or skin maggot fly, is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans) during its larval stage. C. anthropophaga has been endemic in the subtropics of Africa for more than 135 years and is a common cause of myiasis in humans in the region. Its specific epithet anthropophaga derives from the Greek word anthropophagos, "human eater".
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Cordylobia anthropophaga, the ...... ical News. 1911 Vol. xxii:467.
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Ochromyia anthropophaga (Blanchard, 1872)
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Cordylobia anthropophaga
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C. anthropophaga
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Cordylobia anthropophaga, the ...... anthropophagos, "human eater".
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Die Tumbufliege (Cordylobia an ...... r allem auf sandigen Böden ab.
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Cordylobia anthropophaga
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