Phormia regina (Meigen) (Diptera : Calliphoridae), a causative agent of urogenital myiasis of an infant in Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

During April 1983 a case of urogenital myiasis caused by Phormia regina (Meigen) in a 25 days old male infant is recorded. The infant had been circumcised by a native quack about 10 days before. This case is the first verified record involving Phormia regina from Karachi, Pakistan. The salient morphological features of third stage larvae involved have been studied.