title: Gonotrophic and embryonic development of the Palaearctic screwworm fly Wohlfahrtia magnifica.
abstract: Gonotrophic and embryonic development of Wohlfahrtia magnifica were studied on pupae and adults reared in the laboratory. Gonotrophic development in screwworm begins 8 days after pupation in yellow eye pharate adults. The adult female emerges with its oocytes at stage 3 and requires only 2 days for complete oogenesis and 5 days for complete embryogenesis. Mating occurs 2-5 days after adult emergence, starting the embryonic development. Each female produces an average of 76.8 active larvae which can produce a traumatic lesion in their hosts. When food sources were regularly supplied synchronization of gonotrophic stages can be observed. These stages together with the embryonic ones are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Vegetal Biology, and Ecology, University of Jaén, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Martínez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díaz-López
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez-Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology