title: Scanning electron microscope study of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner, 1862) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). I. Structures with parasitic and possible taxonomic meaning.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, University of Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruíz-Martínez
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Soler-Cruz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benítez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez-Jiménez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adalid-Fuentes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díaz-López
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010802:Phylogeny