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_Gastrophilus_ or _Dermatobia_ in the alimentary canal supposed to have caused spasms in young boy.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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It is supposed that the adult flies (one species of which is _Dermatobia cyaniventris_) lay their eggs on the skin which the larvæ penetrate as soon as they hatch.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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The Dermatobia noxialis, supposed to be the Ver moyocuil of the inhabitants of Mexico and New Granada, lives beneath the skin of the dog.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Dairman and her husband, Andrew Cahill, 30, already had plenty of bot fly (Dermatobia hominis) bites from the trip.
ABC News: ABCNews 2010
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That being said, TP must be like the Botfly … Dermatobia homini, to be exact … they lay their eggs on a host and the larvae burrows under the skin … that is what TP has done with Mr. O'Reilly … gotten under his skin.
Think Progress 2009
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Warble fly (Dermatobia hominis) Costa Rican water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
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