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Wohlfahrtia (vōl-far'tē-ă), A genus of larviparous dipterous fleshflies (family Sarcophagidae), of which some species' larvae feed in ulcerated surfaces and flesh wounds of humans and animals. See also: wohlfahrtiosis. [P. Wohlfahrt, Ger. medical writer, †1726] Wohlfahrtia A genus of flesh-eating flies (family Sarcophagidae) linked to myiasisWohlfahrt, Peter, German medical writer, d. 1726. Wohlfahrtia - a genus of larviparous dipterous flesh flies of which some species' larvae breed in ulcerated surfaces and flesh wounds of humans and animals.Wohlfahrtia magnifica - widely distributed obligatory flesh fly whose tissue-destroying maggots invade wounds or head cavities of humans and domestic animals.Wohlfahrtia nuba - a facultative flesh fly of Old World distribution, found in head wounds or cavities but not in dermal sores.Wohlfahrtia opaca - Synonym(s): Wohlfahrtia vigilWohlfahrtia vigil - produces cutaneous myiasis in human infants in the northern U.S. and southern Canada by larvae that penetrate the skin and cause boillike lesions. Synonym(s): Wohlfahrtia opacawohlfahrtiosis - infection of humans and animals with larvae of flies of the genus Wohlfahrtia. |