. Animal parasites and human disease. Insect Vectors; Parasites; Parasitic Diseases; Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. CONGO FLOOR MAGGOT Blood-Sucking Maggots 511 A number of species of flies allied to the blowflies are known to deposit their offspring in the nests of birds, where the maggots attach themselves to the nestlings and suck blood. The only species of fly in which the larva sucks blood by puncturing the skin of man, however, is the Congo floor maggot, Aucheromyia luteola (Fig. 244), found throughout tropical Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its range closely c

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. Animal parasites and human disease. Insect Vectors; Parasites; Parasitic Diseases; Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. CONGO FLOOR MAGGOT Blood-Sucking Maggots 511 A number of species of flies allied to the blowflies are known to deposit their offspring in the nests of birds, where the maggots attach themselves to the nestlings and suck blood. The only species of fly in which the larva sucks blood by puncturing the skin of man, however, is the Congo floor maggot, Aucheromyia luteola (Fig. 244), found throughout tropical Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its range closely coincides with that of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chandler, Asa C. (Asa Crawford), 1891-1958. New York, J. Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman & Hall

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