Wohlfahrtia vigil

Wohlfahrtia vigil
Wohlfahrtia vigil (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sarcophagidae
Genus: Wohlfahrtia
Species:
W. vigil
Binomial name
Wohlfahrtia vigil
(Walker, 1849)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Paraphyto chittendeni Coquillett, 1895
  • Paraphyto opaca Coquillett, 1897
  • Sarcophaga vigil Walker, 1849
  • Sarcophila meigenii Schiner, 1862

Wohlfahrtia vigil, known generally as the fox maggot or myiasis fly, is a species of flesh fly in the family Sarcophagidae.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Pape, Thomas H. (1996). "Catalogue of the Sarcophagidae of the World (Insecta:Diptera)". Memoirs on Entomology, International. 8. Utah: American Entomological Institute: 1–558. ISBN 9781566650632.
  2. ^ a b "Wohlfahrtia vigil Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Wohlfahrtia vigil". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.


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