RT Journal Article
T1 Cephenemyia stimulator (Diptera: Oestridae) myiasis in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Portugal
A1 Martínez Calabuig, Néstor
A1 Vieira Pinto, Madalena
A1 López Sández, Ceferino Manuel
A1 Remesar Alonso, Susana
A1 Panadero Fontán, Rosario
K1 Cephenemyia stimulator
K1 Bot fly
K1 Roe deer
K1 Portugal
PB Elsevier
SN 2405-9390
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30653
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30653
LA eng
NO Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 41 (2023) 100883
NO Herein we present a nasopharyngeal myiasis case by Cephenemyia stimulator in a roe deer hunted in Trás-os-Montes (NE Portugal). Preliminary inspection showed one larva sorting through the nostrils and the examination of the nasopharyngeal cavity showed more than 15 larvae in the glottis and retropharyngeal recesses. Four larvae were collected and stored into 70% ethanol for morphological and molecular identification. Three of the larvae were identified as third instars and the other one as a prepupa of Cephenemyia stimulator, being the first confirmation of this species in roe deer from Portugal. C. stimulator is currently widely distributed in roe deer from central and northern Spain so, the transboundary natural dispersal of these cervids would explain the introduction of this myiasis in Portugal. Further studies are needed to monitor the spreading of this infection in the westernmost populations of European roe deer
NO The authors are very grateful to Jorge Afonso (Carramo Safaris, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal), the hunter who submitted the larvae for investigation. This work was supported by the projects UIDB7CVT700772/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020 funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and by the Program for consolidating and structuring competitive research groups (ED4312019/04, Xunta de Galicia, Spain)
DS Minerva
RD 25 abr 2026