Identifier: sanitaryentomolo00pier (find matches)
Title: Sanitary entomology; the entomology of disease, hygiene and sanitation
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Pierce, W. Dwight (William Dwight), 1881-1967
Subjects: Insects as carriers of disease Beneficial insects Insect pests
Publisher: Boston : R. G. Badger
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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nd XIII), but mentionmust be made of tliem at present because undoubtedly many infectiousdiseases are carried by these insects which attack alike live flesh throughwounds, and dead animals. I would hardly hesitate to claim thatprobably all such flies may carry anthrax at least, and probably do carryother diseases. Bishopp, Mitchell, and Parman (1917) describe quite fully the habits-of the common American screw worm, Chrysomya macellaria Linnaeus ^(plate I, fig. 3, plate II) which breeds in both carcasses and flesh wounds(plate IV). They also treat the black blow fly Phormia regina INIeigen(plate I, fig. 4), and other species. The large hairy blow fly, Cynomyiacadaverina, Robineau-Desvoidy, and the gray flesh flies Sarcophagatexana Aldrich, S. tubcrosa var. sarracenioides Aldrich, S. sarraceniae *An appeal has been made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomen-clature to retain Chrysomya in the sense with macellaria as type. PHASES IN THE LIFE HISTORY OF NON-BITING FLIES 133
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Pl.vte I.—Screw worms and blow flies. Fig. 1 (iipf^er left).—The blue bottle fly, Calliphora vomitoria. Fig. 2 (upper right).—The green bottle fly, Lucilia caesar. Fig.3 (lower left).—The American screw worm, Chrysomi/a macellario. Fig. 4 (lowerright).—The black blow fly, Phormia regina. (Howard and Pierce, photos byDovener.) 134 SANITARY ENTOMOLOGY

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