Otro
Breeding of the Scuttle Fly Megaselia scalaris in a fish Carcass and Implications for the use in Forensic Entomology (Diptera: Phoridae).
Registro 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
Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline
Solis, Daniel Russ
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. Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)