Journal of Medical Entomology Advance Access published April 22, 2016 Journal of Medical Entomology, 2016, 1–9 doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw045 Population and Community Ecology Research article Assessment of the Abundance and Diversity of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in Sites With Different Degrees of Human Impact in the Ibera Wetlands (Argentina) M. I. Dufek,1,2 E. B. Oscherov,1 M. P. Damborsky,1 and P. R. Mulieri3 1Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Biologıa de los Artropodos, Libertad St. 5470, Corrientes, Argentina (
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[email protected]) Received 11 January 2016; Accepted 15 March 2016 http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/ Abstract The aim of the present study was to explore the diversity and describe the spatial distribution of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae along an urbanization gradient in the Ibera Wetlands. The flies were collected at 18 sampling points, three per site. In total, 3,318 flies were collected (3,077 blow flies and 241 flesh flies), distributed in 13 gen- era and 33 species. Calliphoridae was the most abundant, comprised 92.74% of all adult flies. Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann), Cochliomyia macellaria (F.), Chrysomya megacephala (F.), and Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann) were the most abundant species, representing 82.21% of the total sample. The genus Oxysarcodexia Townsend at Korea University Library on April 22, 2016 was the most diverse with 10 species represented.