First record in South Asia of deer throat bot fly larvae Pharyngomyia picta (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera: Oesteridae) from Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), a new host record.
The Bot fly larvae, identified to be the third instars of the deer throat bot fly   Pharyngomyia picta were recovered from the lumen of trachea and secondary bronchi   during the necropsy of a female sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) in Kerala, India. This forms the   first report of P. picta from India and the whole of South Asia. Sambar deer is a new host   record for the larvae of this fly. Morphological description of the third stage larvae with   supporting figures are presented.
Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady, Kerala, 685 536, India.
Radhakrishnan
R
Sreejith
K G
KG
Ajithkumar
Ravindran
R
Reghu
Rajagopal
R
Kavitha
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000469:parasitology; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D009198:Myiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014132:Trachea / Q000469:parasitology