Chrysomya Megacephala. Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly, is a warm-weather fly with a greenish-blue metallic box-like body which belongs to the family Calliphoridae (blowflies). A female Chrysomya megacephala feeding on feces.
Chrysomya megacephala (es); Chrysomya megacephala (fr); Chrysomya megacephala (ast); Chrysomya megacephala (ru); Chrysomya megacephala (de); Chrysomya megacephala (pt).
Chrysomya megacephala is a blow fly species of medical and forensic importance worldwide.
Verma and Paul: Development Rate of Lucilia sericata (Meigen) and Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) is the earliest and the most prevalent necrophagous species found infesting dead bodies in Malaysia followed by Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart). African pit latrines produce prodigious numbers of the latrine fly, Chrysomya putoria, a putative vector of diarrhoeal pathogens… Подсемейство Chrysomyinae. Род Chrysomya.