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ZUMPT1 in his comprehensive work on myiasis in the Old World includes Anisopus (Anisopodidae) under intestinal myiasis, James2, writing on myiasig from the New World, also includes Anisopus (as Sylvicola) in the same category. Smart3 states that there are records of Anisopus larvae in cases of intestinal and urino-genital myiasis. Many of the early text-books of medical entomology do not include the genus.
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SMITH, K., TAYLOR, E. Anisopus Larvae (Diptera) in Cases of Intestinal and Urino-genital Myiasis. Nature 210, 852 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210852a0
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