SARCOPHAGA 831 



rhoidalis Fallen, 1810; S. hcematodes andS. chrysostoma Wiedemann, 

 1830. 5. lamhens and 5. ruficomis cause cutaneous myiasis in 

 South America. S. plinthopya and 5. lamhens have been found in 

 ulcers. 



Fig. 425. — Sarcophaga carnaria Linn^us: Female. (X3-) 



Wohlfahrtia Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1889. 



The larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica Schiner, 

 1862, have been found in cavities in man's body, 

 and also in cattle, sheep, dogs, and domestic 

 fowls. 



Sarcophila Rondani, 1856. 



The larvae of species of this genus — e.g., 

 S. meigeni Schiner, 5. latifrons Fall., and S. ruralis 

 Fall. — may also be found in ulcers, etc., in 

 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and France. 



Cynomyia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830. 



Cynomyia mortuorum Linnaeus, 1761, is believed 

 to infect ulcers with its larvae. 



Family Muscidje. 



Muscoidea calyptmtcB with stout bodies and 

 short thoraces. Arista either entirely plumose Larva of 

 or pectinated. The first posterior cell is either Sarcophaga sp. 

 only slightly opened, or else closed at the 

 border of the wing. 



The Muscidae include a number of important genera, which may 

 be recognized by the following table 



