Larval density, temperature and biological aspects of chrysomya megacephala diptera. Chrysomya megacephala and chrysomya rufifacies are two predominant necrophagous species in taiwan. Morphology and developmental rate of blowflies chrysomya. Tohamy 1department of zoology and entomology, faculty of science, helwan university,2department of entomology,faculty of science,cairo university,cairo, egypt. Apr 28, 2005 examination of the puparia of the housefly, musca domestica l. Named to honor the italian entomologist mario bezzi, this fly is widely distributed in asia, tropical africa, india, and papua new guinea. Ambia, and ahmad rohi ghazali, and jamaludin mohamed, and baharuddin hj. Mohd iswadi ismail, and khairul osman, and ong, hua king and nurhaslina hassan, and ezlan elias, and kaswandi md. Ultrastructure of the midgut of the early third larval instar. Pdf chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1794 occurs on every continent and is closely.
Unfortunately, previous studies did not look at the stability of reference genes used in c. Accelerating chrysomya megacephala maggot growth for forensic. Morphology of the puparia of the housefly, musca domestica. Ovarian ultrastructure and development of the blow fly. Pdf the life history of the oriental latrine fly, chrysomya megacephala fabricius, was studied at 26 c.
Chrysomya bezziana an overview sciencedirect topics. Ultrastructure of the midgut of the early third larval instar of chrysomya megacephala diptera. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Larval density, temperature and biological aspects of. Pdf life table of chrysomya megacephala fabricius diptera. This fly is implicated in some public health issues. The genus chrysomya, the only one in its subfamily known to be present in new guinea, is very important from the standpoint of medical and veterinary entomology. Reproductive organ of males was dissected to determine the testis in the pupal stage, 3dayold flies and 7dayold flies and observed under scanning electron microscopy sem and transmission. Chrysomya megacephala biodiversidad costa granadina y. Special attention was focused on puparial characteristics used to differentiate between the two fly species studied, and between other forensically important flies. Lucilia sericata meigen and chrysomya megacephala fabricius diptera. Chrysomya megacephala is a blow fly species of medical and forensic importance worldwide.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Analysis of the transcriptome of blowfly chrysomya. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Chrysomya megacephala is geographically and ecologically ubiquitous and highly mobile, active whenever weather and climate allow, and unspecialized in its general biology, so that it is unlikely to provide evidence of relocation from the first three sources listed. Obligate parasitic flies require a host to complete their development. Chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1794 occurs on every continent and is closely associated. If you are generating a pdf of a journal article or book chapter, please feel free to enter the title and author information.
The blow fly chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1784, commonly called the oriental. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. It is also found in japan and the palearctic region. The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1974 maggot meal as protein source in red tilapia oreochromis sp. Materials and methods emplate t dna complete mitochondrial genomes were sequenced for two species of blowfly.
Chrysomya bezziana, also known as the old world screwworm fly or screwworm, is an obligate parasite of mammals. The identification, geographical distribution and biology of the species are. Moreover olfactory proteins are crucial component to function in related processes. Calliphoridae from royapuram fishing harbour, chennai, tamil nadu, india. Since cadmium chloride alters the rate of development in chrysomya megacephala.
Larval competition of chrysomya megacephala and chrysomya. Originalarticle life table of chrysomya megacephala fabriciusdiptera. Pdf the uses of chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1794. Examination of the puparia of the housefly, musca domestica l. Chrysomya megacephala oriental latrine fly, a member of chrysomya insect, diptera, calliphoridae, is widely distributed in the united states, australia, argentina, europe, and asia. Report on the occurrence of synanthropic derived form of chrysomya megacephala diptera. Larvae of this species have been reported in association with human corpses in several cases 5359. The blow fly chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1784, commonly called the.
Methodology fifty males and fifty females of the first phenotype adult c. Calliphoridae and reduction of losses caused to the salteddried fish industry in southeast asia volume 81 issue 1 j. The raw data were analyzed based on the agestage, twosex life table. Journal of hospital and clinical pharmacy person infected with maggots of banded blowfly chrysomya albiceps and latrine fly chrysomya megacephala shuvra kanti sinha. In his 1965 book zumpt deals with a narrow range of calliphorid. The journal of forensic sciences jfs is the official publication of the american academy of forensic sciences. Mitochondrial genomes of the sheep blowfly, lucilia.
There are chances of miscalculation of pmi if the presence of cadmium chloride is not taken into consideration. Regarding total fecundity tf and net fecundity nf, the greatest values obtained in this study were found at density 100 replicate, followed by. Fly artifact documentation of chrysomya megacephala fabricius diptera. The daily flight activity, seasonal abundance related to abiotic factors temperature, relative humidity and rainfall and reproductive potential of this species was.
A synanthropic fly, chrysomya megacephala, is a well known medical vector and forensic indicator. Chrysomya megacephala fabricius is a prevalent and synanthropic blowfly which has two sides, for being a pathogenic vector, an efficient pollinator, a promising resource of proteins, lipids, chitosan, biofuel et al. Effect of cadmium chloride on the development of chrysomya. The larvae of one species, chrysomya rufifacies, have very distinct thornlike processes. Adults strongly attracted to exposed foods, especially fish, meat and anything sweet, and to human excreta hence the name, the latrine fly. Calliphoridae a forensically important blowfly species in malaysia zuha, r. Demographic aspects of chrysomya megacephala diptera, calliphoridae adults brazilian archives of biology and technology 459 were pregnant within 10 days following their emergence. Bionomics of the oriental latrine fly chrysomya megacephala. Chrysomya megacephala has a wide geographical distribution. Reference gene stability of a synanthropic fly, chrysomya. Chrysomya is an old world blow fly genus of the family calliphoridae.
Location stage received species approximate pmi days 1 house eggs unhatched unidentified 1 2 house first instar sarcophagid 3 3 house third instar sarcophagid 4 4 house third instar ch. An analysis of forensic entomological specimens by universiti kebangsaan malaysia med j malaysia vol 65 no 3 september 2010 187 cases no. Larvae of the latter can prey on other maggots, including that of their own species as facultative food. The life history of the oriental latrine fly, chrysomya megacephala fabricius, was studied at 26 c in the laboratory. Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly, is a member of the. Bionomics of the oriental latrine fly chrysomya megacephala ncbi.
Jul, 2018 chrysomya megacephala is a blow fly species of medical and forensic importance worldwide. Studies on biology of the blowfly chrysomya megacephala. Chrysomya bezziana is distributed widely in southeast asia, new guinea, and africa. The occurrence of dipteran fly, chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1794 is reported. Chrysomya megacephala, also known as the oriental latrine fly, is indigenous to southeast asia. Life table of chrysomya megacephala fabriciusdiptera. Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly, is a member of the family calliphoridae blowflies. An analysis of forensic entomological specimens by. Esser jr 1991 biology of chrysomya megacephala diptera. The development of flies can be influenced by temperature, and species from the same genus usually have different responses to. Ultrastructure of the midgut of the early third larval. Chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1794 references edit ramaraj, p. Oct 29, 2015 stable reference genes are essential for accurate normalization in gene expression studies with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction qpcr. Pupation usually occurs within the first inch of topsoil or under leaf litter, rocks, or fallen limbs.
Accelerating chrysomya megacephala maggot growth for. It is famous for being used as a death investigator in forensic entomology and as an economic insect pollinator in orchards. Geographically, the distribution of this species is quite broad, extending from the oriental, australasian, and oceania regions to africa, south america, and central america braack 1991, kurahashi and magpayo 2000. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
It is most common in the oriental region and australasia. Behavior of the combined radial postfeeding larval dispersal of the. This page was last edited on 3 september 2017, at 04. This page was last edited on 21 september 2015, at 04.
Like the new world screwworm, this species is attracted to open wounds as well as to moist body openings. Dissection of the ovaries revealed eight stages of ovarian development, thus. Larvae feed as scavengers, and not normally in diseased tissue of mammals in contrast to the very similar sheep blowfly, chrysomya rufifacies. The life history of the oriental latrine fly, chrysomya megacephala fabricius, was studied at 26 c in the. Stable reference genes are essential for accurate normalization in gene expression studies with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction qpcr. The adult can be identified as metallic green or blue with a yellow face. Calliphoridae 1nancy taha, 2afaf abdelmeguid, 1ahmed elebiarie and 1amany. Demographic aspects of chrysomya megacephala diptera.
The most important species are cochliomyia macellaria fig. Chrysomya megacephala is a blow fly species of medical and. Reproductive organ of males was dissected to determine the testis in the pupal stage, 3dayold flies and 7dayold flies and observed under scanning electron microscopy sem and transmission electron. The larval morphology and developmental rate of chrysomya megacephala f. Morphological comparison of the third instar of both species revealed different characteristics e. Alimentary canal of the blow fly chrysomya megacephala f. The flies used for this were reared in laboratory colonies maintained at the university of bristol. The aims of this work was to study the life stages of chrysomya megacephala in a circular arena allowing the combined radial.
The developmental transcriptome of the synanthropic fly. Mitochondrial genomes of the sheep blowfly, lucilia sericata. Material and method six female fertilized blow flies chrysomya megacephala were collected from the surroundings of a. Nest biology of osmia diceratosmia subfasciata cresson in central texas hymenoptera. Jan 23, 2015 chrysomya megacephala fabricius is a prevalent and synanthropic blowfly which has two sides, for being a pathogenic vector, an efficient pollinator, a promising resource of proteins, lipids, chitosan, biofuel et al. The development of flies can be influenced by temperature, and species from the same genus usually have different responses to external variables. Calliphoridae development rate and its implications for forensic entomology kapil verma, reject paul amity institute of forensic sciences, amity university, noida, uttar pradesh, india.
Fly artifact documentation of chrysomya megacephala. The latter species has become established in the neotropics and appears to outcompete the former species. A new and earlier record of chrysomya megacephala in south africa pdf. Understanding its bionomics is essential for both designing effective fly control programs and its use in forensic investigations. By sampling entire age cohorts, we were able to construct confidence bands about growth curves based on body length and dry weight. Hairy maggot blow fly, chrysomya rufifacies macquart. Calliphoridae in the new world article pdf available in journal of medical entomology 211. Report on the occurrence of synanthropic derived form of.
Calliphoridae using light microscopy and electron microscopy. Hairy maggot blow fly, chrysomya rufifacies macquart 2 carrion to search of a pupation site. Chrysomya megacephala fabricius is a wellknown blow fly species of medical importance worldwide. The fly infests corpses soon after death, making it important to forensic science. The uses of chrysomya megacephala fabricius, 1794 diptera. Cj picard 20 first record of chrysomya megacephala fabricius diptera. It is a warmweather fly with a greenishblue metallic boxlike body. Chrysomya megacephala, the most forensically important blowfly species in malaysia lee et al. Detailed information on the biology and reproductive. Calliphoridae is a medically important blow fly species in many parts of the world. Reproductive organ of blow fly, chrysomya megacephala. Adham,hsinchib, a department of entomology, faculty of science, cairo university, giza, egypt b laboratory of theoretical ecology, department of entomology, national chung hsing university, taichung, taiwan received25february2004. Calliphoridae are considered of forensic, medical, and veterinary importance in brazil because of their necrophagous and synanthropic behaviour. During this time, the larval skin shrinks and hardens to form the puparium which is dark brown.
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