View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2011 Morphological and molecular techniques for the differentiation of myiasis-causing Sarcophagidae Jeffery T. Alfred Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Alfred, Jeffery T., "Morphological and molecular techniques for the differentiation of myiasis-causing Sarcophagidae" (2011). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 10390. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10390 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Morphological and molecular techniques for the differentiation of myiasis-causing Sarcophagidae by Jeffery T. Alfred A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major: Entomology Program of Study Committee: Lyric Bartholomay, Major Professor Kenneth Holscher James Mertins Christine Petersen Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2011 ii Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Chapter 2. Morphological identification of myiasis-causing sarcophagids of North America north of Mexico 7 Literature Review 7 Methods and Procedures 20 Results 25 Discussion 46 Chapter 3. Molecular identification of myiasis-causing sarcophagids of North America north of Mexico 48 Literature Review 48 Methods and Procedures 50 Results 52 Discussion 56 References Cited 58 Appendix 1.