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Descriptor English: Calliphoridae
Descriptor Spanish: Calliphoridae
Descriptor Calliphoridae
Entry term(s) moscardones
Scope note: Familia de la superfamilia Oestroidea del orden Diptera. Varias especies son parásitos importantes del ganado y causan MIASIS por larvas de parásitos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Calliphoridae
Descriptor French: Calliphoridae
Entry term(s): Blow Flies
Blow-Flies
Blow-Fly
Blowflies
Blowfly
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.155
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000086542
Scope note: A family of the superfamily Oestroidea in the order Diptera. Several species are major livestock pests causing MYIASIS by parasitic maggots.
Annotation: for killing Calliphoridae with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES; infestation by maggots = MYIASIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Registry Number: txid7371
Previous Indexing: Diptera (1964-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
DeCS ID: 59527
Unique ID: D000086542
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/06/22
Calliphoridae - Preferred
Concept UI M000732589
Scope note A family of the superfamily Oestroidea in the order Diptera. Several species are major livestock pests causing MYIASIS by parasitic maggots.
Preferred term Calliphoridae
Entry term(s) Blow Flies
Blow-Flies
Blow-Fly
Blowflies
Blowfly



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