Abstract
The report describes a case of urogenital myiasis in a puppy,Canis lupus familiaris(Carnivora: Canidae) caused byWohlfahrtia magnifica(Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Calabria, southern Italy. This species is an obligatory agent of myiasis in human and other warm-blooded vertebrates. The puppy was healthy and was not living near farm animals, usual hosts of this flesh fly. An overview of cases of human and animal myiasis caused byW. magnificain Italy and of data and specimens documented in entomology museum collections is also reported.
Highlights
Myiasis is an important parasitic disease caused by larvae of Diptera infesting vertebrates actively feeding on host tissues (Zumpt 1965)
The report describes a case of urogenital myiasis in a puppy, Canis lupus familiaris (Carnivora: Canidae) caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Calabria, southern Italy
An overview of cases of human and animal myiasis caused by W. magnifica in Italy and of data and specimens documented in entomology museum collections is reported
Summary
Myiasis is an important parasitic disease caused by larvae of Diptera infesting vertebrates actively feeding on host tissues (Zumpt 1965). In Europe wohlfahrtiosis is an infestation reported in humans and domestic animals in several countries, especially in southern and eastern areas Among domestic animals, those more frequently affected by wohlfahrtiosis are sheep and goats (Hall and Farkas 2000; Sotiraki and Hall 2012; Hall et al 2016). This report describes a case of urogenital myiasis in a puppy that occurred in 2017 in Calabria, southern Italy, together with an overview of the documented cases of human and animal myiasis caused by W. magnifica reported in Italy, and of the catalogued data and specimens concerning this species in entomology museum collections. The collected larvae, killed by quick immersion in hot water (about 90 °C), were fixed and stored in 80% ethanol and transported to the Laboratory of Applied and Forensic Entomology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science of the University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy.
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