Hypoderma

a genus of non-bloodsucking beelike insects - the warble flies - widely distributed in Europe, North America, and Asia. Cattle are the usual hosts for the parasitic maggots, but rare and accidental infections of humans have occurred ( see MYIASIS ), especially in farm workers. The maggots migrate beneath the skin surface, producing an inflamed linear lesion similar to that of CREEPING ERUPTION .