“…Since L. sericata has a worldwide distribution, myiasis in birds by this species has been reported to date in Austria, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Peru and Turkey ( Table 1 ). In Italy, L. sericata has been reported as an agent of myiasis since the early 1900s in humans [ 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 ] and in cats [ 54 , 55 , 56 ], dogs [ 54 , 57 , 58 ], sheep [ 54 ] and a rabbit [ 59 ]. Among other myiasigenous species reported in animals in Italy, there are Oestrus ovis (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Oestridae) [ 60 ], W. magnifica [ 61 ], Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy) [ 56 ], Sarcophaga portschinskyi (Rohdendorf) [ 57 ], Sarcophaga tibialis Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) [ 55 ], C. vicina [ 56 , 58 , 62 ], Lucilia ampullacea Villeneuve (Diptera: Calliphoridae) [ 54 ], L. caesar [ 63 ], L. illustris [ 54 ] and Muscina stabulans (Fallén) (Diptera: Muscidae) [ 57 ].…”