Auchmeromyia

A genus of bloodsucking botflies (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera). [G. auchmeros, without rain, hence unwashed, squalid, + myia, a fly]

- A. luteola the Congo floor maggot; the bloodsucking larva of this botfly species is found in Africa south of the Sahara, usually in or near human habitations; the resistant larvae or maggots crawl to sleeping humans and suck blood for 15 to 20 minutes, detach, and hide, repeating these nightly attacks during their developmental period; no disease transmission is known from this insect.

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Auch·mero·my·ia (awk″mər-o-miґyə) a genus of flies of the family Calliphoridae. The species A. luteґola and A. senegalenґsis have larvae called Congo floor maggots that parasitize humans and pigs in Nigeria and Central Africa.