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dear dipterists,
Last week I was presented a larva, found in the buttock of a tourist at Texel, the Netherlands. The tourist saw a local medic, who passed the larva to a local educational centre (ecomare). I'm quite sure, the concerns Acrosathe annulata.
Could anyone confirm or reject this ID ? Please see added pics, higher resolution available in case.
In the yellow book of Smith, two paper are referred to treating cases of bites on humans of this species. Googling, I cannot find them (entering 'man-biting Therevidae' yielded the suggestion: 'did you mean: man-eating Therevidae?' - if anyone cound send a pdf I would much appreciate.
Other bits of info are also appreciated.
many thanks !
David
ref's
Smith, K.V.G. (1979). Allergic reaction to bite of fly larva of family Therevidae. Lancet 8112: 391-392.
Smith, K.V.G. (1986). Larva of Therevidae (Diptera) biting man. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 122:115.
