Piophila casei
The cheese fly, a
species of muscoid flies whose eggs are deposited on exposed cheese, cured meats, and other foods and are
thus ingested, sometimes giving rise to temporary
intestinal myiasis, with
diarrhea,
colicky pains, and
vomiting. [L., fr. G. pion, fat, + philos, fond; L. caseus, cheese]
Medical dictionary.
2011.