Wound myiasis in a wild boar by Lucilia caesar (Diptera: Calliphoridae): First case and current status of animal myiasis by this species

Marco Pezzi; Chiara Scapoli; Nigel Wyatt; Teresa Bonacci

doi:10.1016/j.parint.2021.102305

Wound myiasis in a wild boar by Lucilia caesar (Diptera: Calliphoridae): First case and current status of animal myiasis by this species

Parasitol Int. 2021 Dec:85:102305. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102305. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Authors

Marco Pezzi¹, Chiara Scapoli², Nigel Wyatt³, Teresa Bonacci⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: marco.pezzi@unife.it.
² Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
³ Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.

PMID: 33601020
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102305

Abstract

The first case of myiasis caused by Lucilia caesar (L.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a wild boar, Sus scrofa L. (Artiodactyla: Suidae) is described. The myiasis occurred in October 2019 in Southern Italy and the identification of the agent was based on adult male morphology. The wild boar had a wound on its right side, near the neck, which was largely infested by larvae. The ecology, distribution and current literature status about cases of animal myiasis by this species is also included.

Keywords: Lucilia caesar; Southern Italy; Wild boar; Wound myiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Calliphoridae / growth & development
Calliphoridae / physiology*
Italy
Larva / growth & development
Larva / physiology
Myiasis / parasitology
Myiasis / veterinary*
Sus scrofa
Swine
Swine Diseases / parasitology*