Wohlfahrtia Explained

Wohlfahrtia is a genus of flesh flies in the family Sarcophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Wohlfahrtia.

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Wohlfahrtia:

• Wohlfahrtia africana Verves, 1985^[1]
• Wohlfahrtia aschersoni (Enderlein, 1934)
• Wohlfahrtia atra Aldrich, 1926

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• Wohlfahrtia balassogloi (Portschinsky, 1881)^[2]
• Wohlfahrtia bella (Macquart, 1839)

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• Wohlfahrtia brevicornis Cha & Zhang, 1996

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• Wohlfahrtia brunnipalpis (Macquart, 1851)

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• Wohlfahrtia cheni Rohdendorf, 1956^[3]
• Wohlfahrtia erythrocera Villeneuve, 1910

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• Wohlfahrtia fedtschenkoi Rohdendorf, 1956^[3]
• Wohlfahrtia grunini Rohdendorf, 1969^[4]
• Wohlfahrtia hirtiparafacialis Cha & Zhang, 1996

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• Wohlfahrtia ilanramoni Lehrer, 2003

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• Wohlfahrtia indigens Villeneuve, 1928^[5]
• Wohlfahrtia intermedia (Portschinsky, 1887)^[6]
• Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner, 1861)
• Wohlfahrtia nuba (Wiedemann, 1830)

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• Wohlfahrtia pachytyli (Townsend, 1919)
• Wohlfahrtia pavlovskyi Rohdendorf, 1956^[3]
• Wohlfahrtia seguiy Salem, 1938

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• Wohlfahrtia smarti Salem, 1938^[7]
• Wohlfahrtia spinisternum Pape & Zhang, 2018^[8]
• Wohlfahrtia stackelbergi Rohdendorf, 1956^[3]
• Wohlfahrtia trina (Wiedemann, 1830)

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• Wohlfahrtia vigil (Walker, 1849)

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• Wohlfahrtia villeneuvi Salem, 1938^[7]

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. 1987. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.

Notes and References

1. Verves . Yu. G. . Lindner . E. . 64h. Sarcophaginae. . Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region . 1985 . 11 . 330 . 303–341 . Schweizerbart . Stuttgart.
2. Portschinsky . J. A. . Diptera europaea et asiatica nova aut minus cognita . Pars Ima. Horae Soc. Ent. Ross . 1881 . 16 . 136–145.
3. Rohdendorf . B.B. . The Palaearctic species of the genus Wohlfahrtia B.B. (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) . Entomologicheskoe Óbozrenie . 1956 . 35 . 201–229 . Russian.
4. Rohdendorf . B.B. . Some new species of Sarcophaginae (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from Asia . Entomologicheskoe Óbozrenie . 1969 . 48 . 943–950 . Russian.
5. Villeneuve . J. . Myodaires superieurs nouveaux (Dipt.) . Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie . 1928 . 68 . 47–52.
6. Portschinsky . J.A. . Neue und wenig bekannte Dipteren (nebst biologischen Anmerkungen). V. . Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. . 1887 . 21 . 3–20.
7. Salem . H.H. . A complete revision of the species of the genus Wohlfahrtia B.B.: Diptera-Larvaevoridae-Metopiidae . Publications of Egyptian University Faculty of Medicine . 1938 . 13 . 1–90.
8. Ge . Ying-Qiang . Zhang . Dong . Pape . Thomas . A new species of Wohlfahrtia Brauer & Bergenstamm (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from northwestern China, with three new synonymies and a pictorial synopsis . Zootaxa . 2018 . 4434 . 1 . 130–140 . 4 December 2020 . Magnolia Press. 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.8 . 30313204 . 52974151 .