🪰Dermatobia hominis
Dermatobia est un genre d'insectes diptères, qui ne comprend qu'une espèce, Dermatobia hominis. Il s'agirait du seul Cuterebrinae (famille des Oestridae) s'attaquant aux primates, incluant l'humain. On le rencontre du Mexique à l'Argentine. Sa larve, communément appelée en Guyane « ver macaque », est responsable d'une myase cuticole furonculoïde.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Dermatobia hominis yet.
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Everything we know about the Dermatobia hominis
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderDiptera
- ›familyOestridae
- ›genusDermatobia
- ›speciesDermatobia hominis
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderFlies · Diptera
- subfamilyCuterebrinae
- genusDermatobia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderFlies · Diptera
- suborderBrachycera
- superfamilyOestroidea
- subfamilyCuterebrinae
- genusDermatobia
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