Wohlfahrtia vigil

Wohlfahrtia vigil
Wohlfahrtia vigil (female)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sarcophagidae
Genus: Wohlfahrtia
Species:
W. vigil
Binomial name
Wohlfahrtia vigil
(Walker, 1849)
Synonyms
  • 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.

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