Title
Flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) attracted to a snake carcass (Boa Constrictor) in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Andrade-Herrera K.N.
Mello-Patiu C.A.
Núñez-Vázquez C.
Estrella E.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
A study was carried out to determine Sarcophagidae diversity attracted to the different stages of decomposition of a Boa constrictor cadaver during late winter in the Yucatan Peninsula. As a result of this study, seven species of Sarcophagidae were documented, Oxysarcodexia conclausa (Walker, 1861) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Peckia (Euboettcheria) volucris (Wulp, 1895) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) plinthopyga (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Oxysarcodexia amorosa (Schiner, 1868) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Ravinia derelicta (Walker, 1853) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Ravinia effrenata (Walker, 1861) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and Titanogrypa (Cucullomyia) placida (Aldrich, 1925) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), The last five species listed are the first documentation of their presence in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sarcophagids were present throughout the decomposition process; however, the greatest abundance and diversity of this family were present during the advanced decay stage. This is the first work on flesh flies in the region and the first in the country that has focused on wildlife.
Start page
2011
End page
2015
Volume
57
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096152223
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Medical Entomology
ISSN of the container
00222585
Sponsor(s)
We thank the Zoology laboratory and Zoological Collections of the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán for donating the snake carcass and allowing the use of the facilities during the work. KNAH thanks to CONCYTEC (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica) of Peru, for financing a research stay in Mexico for developing forensic entomology project (145-2018), and to the Universidad Nacional de Piura for co-financing another stay at the National Museum, Brazil. CAMP is grateful to FAPERJ (Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro) for financial support (Proc. 200078/2019) and to CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) for Research grant (Proc. 308951/2018-2). We also thank to Dr. Jeff Tomberlin, Jonathan Mena, Brian Mena, Torri Kellough and anonymous reviewers for previous revision of this manuscript.
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