DOCSLIB.ORG

Calliphoridae (Insecta: Diptera)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Calliphoridae (Insecta: Diptera) Fauna of New Zealand Dear, J. P. 1985: Calliphoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand 8, 88 pp. Eioia Aisoy Gou Memes a Eomoogy iisio eame o Scieiic a Iusia eseac Mou Ae eseac Cee iae ag Aucka ew eaa Ex ff ieco - M ogwo Gou eae Sysemaics Secio - G W amsay C-opted from within Systematics Section K Cosy A ooway Uiesiies eeseaie G W Gis ooogy eame icoia Uiesiy o Weigo iae ag Weigo ew eaa Museums eeseaie C Yawy ieco aioa Museum o ew eaa iae ag Weigo ew eaa Oeseas eeseaie awece CSIO iisio o Eomoogy O o 17 Caea Ciy AC 1 Ausaia o a oaioa asis —s— Seies Eio M C ua Sysemaics Secio Eomoogy iisio eame o Scieiic a Iusia eseac Mou Ae eseac Cee iae ag Aucka ew eaa aua o ew eaa ume 8 Caioiae (Iseca: iea ames . ea †eame o Eomoogy iis Museum (aua isoy Comwe oa, oo SW , Ega wi ee coiue secios: Immaue sages o ew eaa Caioiae y Β. Α. ooway y sike i ew eaa y Α. C. G. ea 2 eaig Caioiae y iam Sig ese aess: eoo Coages, Mai oa, Sickey, ics ΡΕ22 8ΑΥ, Ega † Coiuio see oug ess y A. C. o, o is aess, o wom coesoece coceig i may e aesse Eomoogy iisio, SI, M Ae eseac Cee, iae ag, Aucka, ew eaa 2 Waaceie Aima eseac Cee, Miisy o Agicuue a iseies, iae ag, Ue u, ew eaa oisiece Calliphora quadrimaculata esemes oe emisee memes o is geus a ye is coie o ew eaa I eiomises e iogeogaica comeiies o e suegio Artist: D. W. Helmore. Caaoguig-i-uicaio ciaio EA ames Caioiae (Iseca iea / ames ea - Weigo SI 195 (aua o ew eaa ISS 111-533; 7 IS -77-7- I ie II Seies UC 595773 Date of publication: see back cover of Number 9 Suggese om o ciaio ea 195 Caioiae (Iseca iea Fauna of New Zealand [number] 8. is uicaio was ouce y ose iogay e auos e was suie as yesci a ae eiig was keyoae o o a wo ocesso Sye coig was ae a e e iiie e was ooyese a e Goeme iig Oice imes ew oma ye is use o mos o e e; mao eaigs a igue aes ae se i Uies; Gaamo a Geea ae use i e ies e Eioia Aisoy Gou a e Seies Eio ackowege e oowig co-oeaio DSIR, Mt Albert Research Centre: M W emoe - isec aius awigs igue aeig Ms S owey - wo ocesso iu M M Iwi - ooeucio o ie igues Ms A Wea - comue oeaio a ie maageme Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR: awco - sye coig a ooyeseig —- o coe e isec eice is Calliphora quadrimaculata (Sweeus emae © Cow Coyig uise y Sciece Iomaio uisig Cee SI O o 971 Weigo ew eaa ASAC ew eaas Caioiae ae eise Keys ae gie o geea a secies a caaces o iagosic a sysemaic imoace ae iusae A aa ae uy escie a (wee kow eeece is mae o ei ioogy e 7 geea icue coai 5 secies o wic 31 — 7 i Pollenia a i Xenocalliphora — ae ew Huttonophasia Cua 197 is syoymise ue geus Pollenia oi- eau-esoiy 13 Pollenia demissa a minor Maoc 193 is asoe io P. demissa (uo 191 Calliphora rufipalpis Macqua 151 ecomes a uio syoym o Xenocalliphora hortona (Wake 19 wo ew comiaios ae oose Gymnophania pernix uo 191 is asee o Pollenia, a Cal- liphora flavipes am 199 is moe io Xenocalliphora. ee ames — Pollenia atrifemur Maoc 193 Pollenia demissa a cuprea Maoc 193 a Calli- phora nothocalliphoralis Mie 1939 — ae cosiee o e o uceai ieiy ecoyes ae esigae o 1 omia secies Calliphora hilli ao 195; Calliphora dasyphthalma e Guiou 1 (a Macqua 13; Pollenia auro- notata Macqua 155; Sepimentum fumosum uo 191; Calliphora antipodea uo 19; Calliphora eudypti uo 19; Calliphora rufipalpis Macqua 151; a Calliphora aureopunctata Macqua 155 Secios y coiuig auos coe ee oics immaue sages a ie isoy (A ooway; y sike (ACG ea; a eaig (iam Sig A oe y K oges eos e occuece o wo Pollenia secies i e uis-gou aaey ecey iouce om e oe emisee CECKIS O AA (oe e may ames i syoymy ae ise i e aoomic Ie age age Suamiy CAIOIAE 1 fumosa (uo 191 39 Geus Calliphora oieau-esoiy 13 1 hispida ew secies 39 hilli ao 195 immanis ew secies quadrimaculata (Sweeus 177 3 insularis ew secies stygia (aicius 171 lativertex ew secies 1 vicina oieau-esoiy 13 limpida ew secies 1 Geus Hemipyrellia owse 191 7 nigripalpis ew secies 1 ligurriens (Wieema 13 7 nigripes Maoc 193 Geus Lucilia oieau-esoiy 13 7 nigrisquama Maoc 193 cuprina (Wieema 13 7 notialis ew secies 3 sericata (Meige 1 7 opalina ew secies 3 Geus Pollenia oieau-esoiy 13 oreia ew secies 3 advena ew secies 3 pernix (uo 191 ew aerosa ew secies 33 comiaio 44 antipodea ew secies 3 primaeva ew secies astrictifrons ew secies 3 pulverea ew secies 5 atricoma ew secies 3 sandaraca ew secies 5 commensurata ew secies 35 scalena ew secies consanguinea ew secies 35 uniseta ew secies 46 consectata ew secies 35 ew eaa Pollenia o uceai ieiy demissa (uo 191 3 wo oacic secies o Pollenia ecey dysaethria ew secies 37 iouce o ew eaa (oe y K dyscheres ew secies 37 oges 7 enetera ew secies 3 Geus Ptilonesia ei 197 7 eurybregma ew secies 3 auronotata (Macqua 155 7 fulviantenna ew secies 3 —— Genus Xenocalliphora Malloch, 1924 48 This work was originally conceived as a straight- antipodea (Hutton, 1902) 49 forward systematic revision for publication as a clara new species 50 journal paper. I welcome the opportunity to have divaricata new species 51 it remodelled as a Fauna contribution, and am eudyptis (Hutton, 1902) 51 indebted to the authors of the new text sections for flavipes (Lamb, 1909) new their willingness to contribute. Adrian Pont has combination 52 kindly acted on my behalf to see the publication hortona (Walker, 1849) 53 through its processing stages into print, and with neozealandica (Murray, 1954) 54 Beverley Holloway has read the MS. and proofs; solitaria new species 55 their help has been of exceptional value. vetusta new species 56 viridiventris Malloch, 1930 56 "Calliphora nothocalliphoralis" Miller 56 IOUCIO Subfamily CHRYSOMYINAE 57 The dipteran family Calliphoridae, to which belong Genus Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 57 the familiar blowflies, bluebottles, and greenbot- megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) 57 tles, is represented in New Zealand by 52 species. rufifacies (Macquart, 1843) 58 These are contained in 2 subfamilies comprising 7 genera. Six of the genera — Calliphora, Hemipy- rellia, Lucilia, Pollenia, Ptilonesia, and Xenocalli- COES phora — belong to the subfamily Calliphorinae. The Page seventh, Chrysomya, belongs to the Chrysomyinae, Acknowledgments 7 a group represented here by only two species. Two Introduction 7 other subfamilies, the Ameniinae and Rhiniinae, Genus Calliphora 8 have been recorded from New Zealand by early Genus Hemipyrellia 9 workers, but these records are based on erroneous Genus Lucilia 9 locality data (see Miller 1950, pp. 138, 139, and Genus Pollenia 9 142). Genus Ptilonesia 10 In general appearance the New Zealand species Genus Xenocalliphora 11 of Calliphoridae are very much like the other Genus Chrysomya 11 members of this large and cosmopolitan family, Immature stages of New Zealand Calliphor- which are mostly stout, large to moderate in size, idae, by B. A. Holloway 12 and often metallic in appearance, at least on the Fly-strike in New Zealand, by A. C. G. Heath 15 abdomen. They can be distinguished from all other Rearing Calliphoridae, by Pritam Singh 19 calyptrate flies in New Zealand by the presence of Text conventions: abbreviations 21 a row of hypopleural setae, an undeveloped post- Key to genera of Calliphoridae known scutellum, and a haired propleuron (if the propleu- from New Zealand 21 ron is bare then the outer posthumeral sets is Descriptions (see Checklist of taxa) 21 absent). However, in structural details some of the References 59 species differ from the normal calliphorid pattern. Illustrations 62 These anomalies are discussed below under the Taxonomic index 82 genera Pollenia, Ptilonesia, and Xenocalliphora. There is a long history of work on New Zealand's calliphorids. The first species was described by ACKOWEGMES Swederus (1787) from material collected during I am very grateful to the following colleagues who Cook's first voyage to New Zealand. By the early have lent me material for study from the collec- twentieth century a few species had been described tions in their care: Dr R. J. Gagné (USNM); Dr R. by European workers such as Macquart and Walker, A. Harrison (LCNZ); Dr B. A. Holloway (NZAC); and Hutton had recognised species endemic to the Dr R. Contreras-Lichtenberg (NHMW); Dr L. offshore islands. Subsequent workers such as Mal- yeog (MK; Μ Maie (M; K loch (1924, 1927, 1930), Miller (1939b), and Mur- R. Norris (ANIC); and Mr R. A. Savill (CMNZ). ray (1954) continued to describe new species, and I am also grateful to Mr Adrian Pont (BMNH) and in general they had a good eye for valid species, Loic Matile for their help with historical facts about although they often confused the nomenclature the Bigot and Macquart collections, and to Roy because of the inaccessibility of much type material Harrison for the useful suggestions he supplied in European museums at that time. Miller (1939b, while the work was in progress. p. 11) gave a very interesting account of the history – 7 – of blowflies in New Zealand, including their sig- J.S.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Diptera: Calyptratae)
    Systematic Entomology (2020), DOI: 10.1111/syen.12443 Protein-encoding ultraconserved elements provide a new phylogenomic perspective of Oestroidea flies (Diptera: Calyptratae) ELIANA BUENAVENTURA1,2 , MICHAEL W. LLOYD2,3,JUAN MANUEL PERILLALÓPEZ4, VANESSA L. GONZÁLEZ2, ARIANNA THOMAS-CABIANCA5 andTORSTEN DIKOW2 1Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany, 2National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, U.S.A., 3The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A., 4Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, U.S.A. and 5Department of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain Abstract. The diverse superfamily Oestroidea with more than 15 000 known species includes among others blow flies, flesh flies, bot flies and the diverse tachinid flies. Oestroidea exhibit strikingly divergent morphological and ecological traits, but even with a variety of data sources and inferences there is no consensus on the relationships among major Oestroidea lineages. Phylogenomic inferences derived from targeted enrichment of ultraconserved elements or UCEs have emerged as a promising method for resolving difficult phylogenetic problems at varying timescales. To reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among families of Oestroidea, we obtained UCE loci exclusively derived from the transcribed portion of the genome, making them suitable for larger and more integrative phylogenomic studies using other genomic and transcriptomic resources. We analysed datasets containing 37–2077 UCE loci from 98 representatives of all oestroid families (except Ulurumyiidae and Mystacinobiidae) and seven calyptrate outgroups, with a total concatenated aligned length between 10 and 550 Mb. About 35% of the sampled taxa consisted of museum specimens (2–92 years old), of which 85% resulted in successful UCE enrichment.
    [Show full text]
  • (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India
    International Journal of Entomology Research International Journal of Entomology Research ISSN: 2455-4758 Impact Factor: RJIF 5.24 www.entomologyjournals.com Volume 3; Issue 1; January 2018; Page No. 43-48 Taxonomic studies on the genus Calliphora robineau-desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India 1 Inderpal Singh Sidhu, *2 Rashmi Gupta, 3 Devinder Singh 1, 2 Department of Zoology, SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, Punjab, India 3 Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India Abstract Four Indian species belonging to the genus Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy have been studied and detailed descriptions have been written for each of them that include synonymy, morphological attributes, colouration, chaetotaxy, wing venation, illustrations of male and female genitalia, material examined, distribution, holotype depository and remarks. A key to the Indian species has also been provided. Keywords: India, Calliphora, calliphorinae, calliphoridae, diptera Introduction . Calliphora rufifacies Macquart, 1851. Dipt. Exot. Suppl., The genus Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy is represented by 4: 216. four species in India (Bharti, 2011) [2]. They are medium to . Musca aucta Walker, 1853. Insect. Saund. Dipt., 1: 334. large sized flies commonly called the blue bottles. The . Calliphora insidiosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Insect. diagnostic characters of the genus include: eyes holoptic or Saund. Dipt., 1: 334. subholoptic in male, dichoptic in female; jowls about half eye . Calliphora insidiosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863. Posth. 2: height; facial carina absent; length of 3rd antennal segment less 695. than 4X that of 2nd; arista long plumose; propleuron and . Calliphora turanica Rohdeau-Desvoidy, 1863. Posth., 2: prosternum hairy; postalar declivity hairy; acrostichals 1-3+3; 695.
    [Show full text]
  • Tree Swallows (Tachycineta Bicolor) Nesting on Wetlands Impacted by Oil Sands Mining Are Highly Parasitized by the Bird Blow Fly Protocalliphora Spp
    Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 43(2), 2007, pp. 167–178 # Wildlife Disease Association 2007 TREE SWALLOWS (TACHYCINETA BICOLOR) NESTING ON WETLANDS IMPACTED BY OIL SANDS MINING ARE HIGHLY PARASITIZED BY THE BIRD BLOW FLY PROTOCALLIPHORA SPP. Marie-Line Gentes,1 Terry L. Whitworth,2 Cheryl Waldner,3 Heather Fenton,1 and Judit E. Smits1,4 1 Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada 2 Whitworth Pest Solutions, Inc., 2533 Inter Avenue, Puyallup, Washington, USA 3 Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada 4 Corresponding author (email: [email protected]) ABSTRACT: Oil sands mining is steadily expanding in Alberta, Canada. Major companies are planning reclamation strategies for mine tailings, in which wetlands will be used for the bioremediation of water and sediments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and naphthenic acids during the extraction process. A series of experimental wetlands were built on companies’ leases to assess the feasibility of this approach, and tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) were designated as upper trophic biological sentinels. From May to July 2004, prevalence and intensity of infestation with bird blow flies Protocalliphora spp. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) were measured in nests on oil sands reclaimed wetlands and compared with those on a reference site. Nestling growth and survival also were monitored. Prevalence of infestation was surprisingly high for a small cavity nester; 100% of the 38 nests examined were infested. Nests on wetlands containing oil sands waste materials harbored on average from 60% to 72% more blow fly larvae than those on the reference site.
    [Show full text]
  • Do Longer Sequences Improve the Accuracy of Identification of Forensically Important Calliphoridae Species?
    Do longer sequences improve the accuracy of identification of forensically important Calliphoridae species? Sara Bortolini1, Giorgia Giordani2, Fabiola Tuccia2, Lara Maistrello1 and Stefano Vanin2 1 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy 2 School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom ABSTRACT Species identification is a crucial step in forensic entomology. In several cases the calculation of the larval age allows the estimation of the minimum Post-Mortem Interval (mPMI). A correct identification of the species is the first step for a correct mPMI estimation. To overcome the difficulties due to the morphological identification especially of the immature stages, a molecular approach can be applied. However, difficulties in separation of closely related species are still an unsolved problem. Sequences of 4 different genes (COI, ND5, EF-1α, PER) of 13 different fly species collected during forensic experiments (Calliphora vicina, Calliphora vomitoria, Lu- cilia sericata, Lucilia illustris, Lucilia caesar, Chrysomya albiceps, Phormia regina, Cyno- mya mortuorum, Sarcophaga sp., Hydrotaea sp., Fannia scalaris, Piophila sp., Megaselia scalaris) were evaluated for their capability to identify correctly the species. Three concatenated sequences were obtained combining the four genes in order to verify if longer sequences increase the probability of a correct identification. The obtained results showed that this rule does not work for the species L. caesar and L. illustris. Future works on other DNA regions are suggested to solve this taxonomic issue. Subjects Entomology, Taxonomy Submitted 19 March 2018 Keywords ND5, COI, PER, Diptera, EF-1α, Maximum-likelihood, Phylogeny Accepted 17 October 2018 Published 17 December 2018 Corresponding author INTRODUCTION Stefano Vanin, [email protected] Species identification is a crucial step in forensic entomology.
    [Show full text]
  • The Blowflies of California
    BULLETIN OF THE CALIFORNIA INSECT SURVEY VOLUME 4,NO. 1 THE BLOWFLIES OF CALIFORNIA (Diptera: Calliphoridae) BY MAURICE T. JAMES (Department of Zo'dlogy, State College of Washington, Pullman) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY AND LOS ANGELES 1955 BULLETIN OF THE CALIFORNIA INSECT SURVEY Editors: E. G. Linsley, S. B. Freeborn, R. L. Usinger Volume 4, No. 1, pp. 1-34, plates 1-2, 1 figure in text Submitted by Editors, January 13, 1955 Issued October 28, 1955 Price, 50 cents UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY AND LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON. ENGLAND PRINTED BY OFFSET IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE BLOWFLIES OF CALIFORNIA (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by Maurice T. James Identification of the blowflies of North America Blowflies are important from a medical and has been made much easier and more secure in veterinary standpoint. Some are obligatory or recent years by the publication of the monograph facultative parasites on man or on domestic or of that family by Hall (1948). However, there other useful animals. In our area, the primary exists ti0 regional treatment that covers any screwworm, Callitroga hominivorax (Coquerel), definite part of the United States. Hall's mono- 'is the only obligatory parasite that invades graph gives only general information about the living tissue, although larvae of Pmtocalliphora, geographical distribution of most of the species. represented in the Califdrnia fauna by seven These considerations, together with the fact that known species, feed on the blood of nesting Hall had obviously examined an insufficient birds, often with fatal results. Of the facultative amount of material from the western states, parasites, Callitroga macellaria (Fabricius), makes a review of the California species partic- Phaenicia sericata (Meigen), and Phormia regina ularly desirable.
    [Show full text]
  • Protophormia Terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) a New Forensic Indicator to South-Western Europe
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante Ciencia Forense, 12/2015: 137–152 ISSN: 1575-6793 PROTOPHORMIA TERRAENOVAE (ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830) (DIPTERA, CALLIPHORIDAE) A NEW FORENSIC INDICATOR TO SOUTH-WESTERN EUROPE Anabel Martínez-Sánchez1 Concepción Magaña2 Martin Toniolo Paola Gobbi Santos Rojo Abstract: Protophormia terraenovae larvae are found frequently on corpses in central and northern Europe but are scarce in the Mediterranean area. We present the first case in the Iberian Peninsula where P. terraenovae was captured during autopsies in Madrid (Spain). In the corpse other nec- rophagous flies were found, Lucilia sericata, Chrysomya albiceps and Sarcopha- ga argyrostoma. To calculate the posmortem interval, the life cycle of P. ter- raenovae was studied at constant temperature, room laboratory and natural fluctuating conditions. The total developmental time was 16.61±0.09 days, 16.75±4.99 days in the two first cases. In natural conditions, developmental time varied between 31.22±0.07 days (average temperature: 15.6oC), 15.58±0.08 days (average temperature: 21.5oC) and 14.9±0.10 days (average temperature: 23.5oC). Forensic importance and the implications of other necrophagous Diptera presence is also discussed. Key words: Calliphoridae, forensic entomology, accumulated degrees days, fluctuating temperatures, competition, postmortem interval, Spain. Resumen: Las larvas de Protophormia terraenovae se encuentran con frecuen- cia asociadas a cadáveres en el centro y norte de Europa pero son raras en el área Mediterránea. Presentamos el primer caso en la Península Ibérica don- 1 Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales/Instituto Universitario CIBIO-Centro Iberoame- ricano de la Biodiversidad.
    [Show full text]
  • First Record of the Blow Fly Calliphora Grahami from Mexico
    First Record of the Blow Fly Calliphora grahami from Mexico Author(s): Carolina Núñez-Vázquez, Jeffery Tomberlin and Oswaldo García-Martínez Source: Southwestern Entomologist, 35(3):313-316. 2010. Published By: Society of Southwestern Entomologists DOI: 10.3958/059.035.0310 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3958/059.035.0310 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is an electronic aggregator of bioscience research content, and the online home to over 160 journals and books published by not-for-profit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. VOL. 35, NO. 3 SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST SEP. 2010 First Record of the Blow Fly Calliphora grahami1 from Mexico Carolina Núñez-Vázquez2, Jeffery Tomberlin3, and Oswaldo García-Martínez2 Abstract. This is the first record of Calliphora grahami (Aldrich 1930) in Mexico since it was first reported in the United States of America in 1929. Specimens were collected in spring 2008 and 2009 from carcasses of pigs, Sus scrofa L., in a semi- desert area in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Resumen. Este es el primer registro de Calliphora grahami (Aldrich 1930) en México desde su primer reporte en los Estados Unidos de América en 1929.
    [Show full text]
  • A Global Study of Forensically Significant Calliphorids: Implications for Identification
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by South East Academic Libraries System (SEALS) A global study of forensically significant calliphorids: Implications for identification M.L. Harveya, S. Gaudieria, M.H. Villet and I.R. Dadoura Abstract A proliferation of molecular studies of the forensically significant Calliphoridae in the last decade has seen molecule-based identification of immature and damaged specimens become a routine complement to traditional morphological identification as a preliminary to the accurate estimation of post-mortem intervals (PMI), which depends on the use of species-specific developmental data. Published molecular studies have tended to focus on generating data for geographically localised communities of species of importance, which has limited the consideration of intraspecific variation in species of global distribution. This study used phylogenetic analysis to assess the species status of 27 forensically important calliphorid species based on 1167 base pairs of the COI gene of 119 specimens from 22 countries, and confirmed the utility of the COI gene in identifying most species. The species Lucilia cuprina, Chrysomya megacephala, Ch. saffranea, Ch. albifrontalis and Calliphora stygia were unable to be monophyletically resolved based on these data. Identification of phylogenetically young species will require a faster-evolving molecular marker, but most species could be unambiguously characterised by sampling relatively few conspecific individuals if they were from distant localities. Intraspecific geographical variation was observed within Ch. rufifacies and L. cuprina, and is discussed with reference to unrecognised species. 1. Introduction The advent of DNA-based identification techniques for use in forensic entomology in 1994 [1] saw the beginning of a proliferation of molecular studies into the forensically important Calliphoridae.
    [Show full text]
  • Diptera: Brachycera: Calyptratae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Genomes
    University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health 1-1-2015 The phylogeny and evolutionary timescale of muscoidea (diptera: brachycera: calyptratae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes Shuangmei Ding China Agricultural University Xuankun Li China Agricultural University Ning Wang China Agricultural University Stephen L. Cameron Queensland University of Technology Meng Mao University of Wollongong, [email protected] See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers Part of the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Ding, Shuangmei; Li, Xuankun; Wang, Ning; Cameron, Stephen L.; Mao, Meng; Wang, Yuyu; Xi, Yuqiang; and Yang, Ding, "The phylogeny and evolutionary timescale of muscoidea (diptera: brachycera: calyptratae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes" (2015). Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A. 3178. https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/3178 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] The phylogeny and evolutionary timescale of muscoidea (diptera: brachycera: calyptratae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes Abstract Muscoidea is a significant dipteran clade that includes house flies (Family Muscidae), latrine flies (F. Fannidae), dung flies (F. Scathophagidae) and root maggot flies (F. Anthomyiidae). It is comprised of approximately 7000 described species. The monophyly of the Muscoidea and the precise relationships of muscoids to the closest superfamily the Oestroidea (blow flies, flesh flies etc)e ar both unresolved. Until now mitochondrial (mt) genomes were available for only two of the four muscoid families precluding a thorough test of phylogenetic relationships using this data source.
    [Show full text]
  • External Parasites Around Animal Facilities1 P
    ENY-255 External Parasites around Animal Facilities1 P. E. Kaufman, P. G. Koehler, and J. F. Butler2 Flies Several kinds of non-biting flies can be found in and around animal facilities. These flies can be harmful to animal health and cause annoyance and discomfort. All filth flies have an egg, larva (maggot), pupa, and adult stage in their life cycle. The adult fly has 2 developed wings (the hind pair is reduced to a knobbed balancing organ). Filth flies are usually scavengers in nature and many are capable of transmitting diseases to man. Filth flies can usu- ally be grouped according to their habits and appearance as house flies and their relatives; flesh flies, blow flies and bottle flies, filter flies, soldier flies, and vinegar (fruit) flies. Figure 1. Blow fly. Blow Flies and Bottle Flies Credits: J. F. Butler, UF/IFAS There are many species of blow flies (Figure 1) and bottle Blow flies and bottle flies can breed on dead rodents and flies which are found in and around animal facilities. The birds in attics or wall voids of barns. They usually breed greenbottle (Figure 2), bluebottle (Figure 3), and bronze- in meat scraps, animal excrement, and decaying animal bottle flies are particularly abundant in Florida. matter around houses. The adult flies are active inside and are strongly attracted to light. The mature larvae are often a The blow flies and bottle flies usually have a metallic blue problem when they migrate from breeding areas to pupate. or green color or both on the thorax and abdomen.
    [Show full text]
  • Terry Whitworth 3707 96Th ST E, Tacoma, WA 98446
    Terry Whitworth 3707 96th ST E, Tacoma, WA 98446 Washington State University E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Published in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington Vol. 108 (3), 2006, pp 689–725 Websites blowflies.net and birdblowfly.com KEYS TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF BLOW FLIES (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) OF AMERICA, NORTH OF MEXICO UPDATES AND EDITS AS OF SPRING 2017 Table of Contents Abstract .......................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 Materials and Methods ................................................................................................... 5 Separating families ....................................................................................................... 10 Key to subfamilies and genera of Calliphoridae ........................................................... 13 See Table 1 for page number for each species Table 1. Species in order they are discussed and comparison of names used in the current paper with names used by Hall (1948). Whitworth (2006) Hall (1948) Page Number Calliphorinae (18 species) .......................................................................................... 16 Bellardia bayeri Onesia townsendi ................................................... 18 Bellardia vulgaris Onesia bisetosa .....................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) Described by P
    Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera) Adrian C. PONT Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW (United Kingdom) and Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD (United Kingdom) [email protected] Pont A. C. 2012. – Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera). Zoosystema 34 (1): 39-111. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n1a3 ABSTRACT This paper deals with the 185 new species-group taxa that P. J. M. Macquart described in the dipteran families Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae and Muscidae, together with a further 5 species-group taxa that belong to other families, 9 replacement names that he proposed, and 1 nomen nudum. Notes are provided on the Diptera collections on which Macquart worked. In the Fanniidae, there are 8 species (and 1 replacement name), in Anthomyiidae, 33 species (and 4 replacement names), and in Muscidae, 144 species (and 4 replacement names). 85 lectotypes are newly designated in order to fix the identity of the names. The following new synonyms are proposed: in Anthomyiidae: Chortophila angusta Macquart, 1835 = Botanophila striolata (Fallén, 1824); Pegomyia basilaris Macquart, 1835 = Pegomya solennis (Meigen, 1826); Anthomyia brunnipennis Macquart, 1835, and Anthomyia fuscipennis Macquart, 1835 = Pegoplata aestiva (Meigen, 1826); Hylemyia caesia Macquart, 1835 = Anthomyia liturata (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830); Chortophila caesia Macquart,
    [Show full text]