Key to third-instar chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from carrion in the continental United States Article

Wells, JD, Byrd, JH, Tantawi, TI. (1999). Key to third-instar chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from carrion in the continental United States . JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 36(5), 638-641. 10.1093/jmedent/36.5.638

cited authors

  • Wells, JD; Byrd, JH; Tantawi, TI

authors

abstract

  • The introduction of 4 Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy spp. to the Americas has made obsolete previously published keys to Nearctic calliphorid larvae, particularly those covering the subfamily Chrysomyinae. To assist forensic entomologists, ecologists, and public health workers, we provide a key to 3rd instars of 8 chrysomyine species reported from or likely to occur in carrion within the continental United States. The rare (in the United States) species Cochiliomyia aldrichi Del Ponte, C. minima Shannon, and Chloroprocta idioidea (Robineau-Desvoidy) are not included because specimens and suitable descriptions were unavailable.

publication date

  • January 1, 1999

published in

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start page

  • 638

end page

  • 641

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 5