Ruíz-Martínez I, Soler-Cruz M D, Benítez-Rodríguez R, Pérez-Jiménez J M, Adalid-Fuentes C, Díaz-López M
Department of Parasitology, University of Granada, Spain.
Scanning Microsc. 1990 Mar;4(1):103-9.
The larval development of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (the most important dipteran causing sheep myiasis in the Palearctic region) has been studied by means of scanning electron microscopy. The ultrastructure of mouth-hooks, oral ridges, labial lobes, body spines and anterior and posterior peritremes is described for the first time. Their possible adaptations to a parasitic lifeway are also discussed. Thus, the use of new structures in the Sarcophagidae taxonomy is proposed from the point of view of their ultrastructure and adaptative morphology.
