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BIOLOGY OF NEW WORLD BOT FLIES: CUTEREBRIDAE

Annual Review of Entomology, 1982
Maggots of cuterebrid bot flies are conspicuous, repulsive, and frequently encountered cutaneous parasites of mammals in the New World. These maggots, or bots as they are called, develop individually in a skin furuncle or open cyst (the warble) and at maturity back out through a hole in the skin (the warble pore), drop to the ground, and pupate.
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Cutaneous Myiasis of the Scalp Due to Dermatobia Hominis (Linnaeus Jr.) (Diptera; Cuterebridae)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1955
Summary Report is given of a case of cutaneous myiasis of the scalp due to the Neotropical botfly, Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus Jr.) in Guatemala. An incision had to be made to enlarge the opening of the boil-like nodule before the larva could be removed.
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