Abstract in English:

Data are given on the identification, biology, ecology, hosts, geographical distribution, control, and other aspects of the myiasis-producing flies in the Neotropical Region. The bibliography contains almost 2400 references, mainly related to Cochliomyia (ca. 1170 references), Cuterebridae (with the exception of Dematobia hominis (over 390 references), and to Dermatobia hominis (over 520 references). For Cuterebridae and Cochliomyia the bibliography covers the Américas; for ali other groups it is restricted to the Neotropics.

Abstract in English:

The horn fly, Haematobia irritans (L.) (Diptera, Muscidae), is reported as introduced into Boa Vista, Roraima, Brasil, possibly from Northern South America (Venezuela).

Abstract in English:

The Trichoprosopini (Tachinidae, Tachininae) from Southern Chile are considered in this paper a sister group tribe of the New Zealand Cccisorini, both tribes being parasitic on Scarabaeid larvae. This is a new evidence of transan-tarctic relationships in the Calyptrate Muscoidea.