A rare case of pseudomyiasis in a dog by Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

MULIERI, PABLO RICARDO; PATITUCCI, LUCIANO DAMIÁN; SCOLARO, A.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC AMER

Lugar: Lanham; Año: 2019 vol. 56 p. 1726 - 1728

0022-2585

Hermetia illucens (L.), commonly known as black soldier fly is a dipterous species which can produce enteric pseudomyiasis in humans and domestic animals. Veterinary cases of intestinal myiasis caused by H. illucens in dogs have not been reported previously. We present this rare pseudomyiasis (= accidental myiasis) produced by infestation with several larva of the intestinal tract in a dog inhabiting a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.