Artículos de revistas
Breeding of the Scuttle Fly Megaselia scalaris in a fish Carcass and Implications for the use in Forensic Entomology (Diptera: Phoridae).
Fecha
2009-01-01Registro en:
Entomologia Generalis. Stuttgart: E Schweizerbartsche Verlags, v. 31, n. 4, p. 349-353, 2009.
0171-8177
10.1127/entom.gen/31/2008/349
WOS:000264080000005
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
The breeding of 138 specimens of the scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris (Loew 1866) in a piece of sardine, Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner 1879) (Teleostei: Clupeidae), exposed in a rural site in SE Brazil is reported. Some aspects regarding the exploitation of carcasses of such nature and size by phorids are discussed, aiming to comprehend their potential forensic utility.