| Chrysomya putoria | |
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| Member of genus Chrysomya (Old World blow fly) on a leaf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Calliphoridae |
| Genus: | Chrysomya |
| Species: | C. putoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830)
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Chrysomya putoria, also known as the tropical African latrine blowfly, is a fly species belonging to the blowfly family, Calliphoridae. C. putoria is native to Africa and has recently spread to the Americas.[1] These flies pose significant health risks, especially due to their close association with human settlements.[1] Adult flies can carry pathogens, while larvae may cause myiasis by growing and feeding on the flesh of domestic animals and humans.[2] Other myiasis-causing flies in the same genus are C. bezziana and C. megacephala. C. putoria and other flies that feed on decomposing tissue are used as important tools in forensic entomology to establish the post-mortem interval, or the time elapsed since death.[2]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Amorim JA, Ribeiro OB (August 2001). "Distinction among the puparia of three blowfly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae) frequently found on unburied corpses". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 96 (6): 781–4. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762001000600007. PMID 11562702.