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Chrysomya putoria

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Chrysomya putoria, an Old World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm for short, is a species of parasitic fly lay larvae (maggots) in the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. [1]

12 relations: Animal, Arthropod, Calliphoridae, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann, Chrysomya, Chrysomya bezziana, Fly, Insect, Larva, Myiasis, Parasitism, Warm-blooded.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Calliphoridae

The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with 1,100 known species.

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Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann

Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (December 7, 1770 in Brunswick – December 31, 1840 in Kiel), was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist.

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Chrysomya

Chrysomya is an Old World blow fly genus belonging to the family Calliphoridae.

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Chrysomya bezziana

Chrysomya bezziana, also known as the Old World screwworm fly or screwworm, is an obligate parasite of mammals.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Myiasis

Myiasis is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live mammal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue.

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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Warm-blooded

Warm-blooded animal species can maintain a body temperature higher than their environment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomya_putoria

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