Moth-Flies that Cause Myiasis in Man in Japan

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the myiasis-producing moth-flies on the materials found from two Japanese patients. I wish to express my hearty thanks to Prof. Dr. K. Morishita of Osaka University who kindly sent the valuable material to our laboratory to study freely. Prof. Dr. T. Esaki of Kyusyu University has most generously presented his Psychodid collection from Japan and England to my study. I wish to thank Dr. W. W. Wirth of Washington, Mr. S. Ito of Osaka Naniwa University and Dr. G. W. Byers of Michigan to their kind help sending their important collections for this study and also to thank Prof. Dr. K. Yasumatsu whose loan of the important literature. I appreciated the aid rendered to me by Mr. M. Sasakawa and Miss E. Komyo of our laboratory during the study of this problem.