Occurrence of Microcerella halli (Engel) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) in snake carrion in southeastern Brazil


Autoria(s): Moretti,Thiago de C.; Allegretti,Silmara M.; Mello-Patiu,Cátia A.; Tognolo,Alexandre M.; Ribeiro,Odair B.; Solis,Daniel R.
Data(s)

01/06/2009

Resumo

The occurrence of 27 second-instar larvae of the flesh fly Microcerella halli (Engel, 1931) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) in a carcass of a snake usually called as Urutu, Bothrops alternatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) is reported. The snake was kept in captivity in a snake farm in Morungaba, São Paulo state, Brazil. Descriptions of reptile carcass colonization by insects and general biological data of this flesh fly are scarce and this necrophagic behavior is described for the first time in literature.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262009000200018

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia

Fonte

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.53 n.2 2009

Palavras-Chave #Flesh flies #fly colonization #forensic entomology #reptile carcass
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journal article