| Autor: |
Krupa, Lauren, Brundage, Adrienne |
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Instars: A Journal of Student Research; 2018, Vol. 4, p38-41, 4p |
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In both the medical and forensic fields, blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) play an important role as decomposers of carrion. Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are species of blow flies that have been known to be some of the first insects present on carrion in the wild. They can be used to determine the Post Mortem Interval (PMI) in certain cases. A certain size difference in pupae of females and males of the two blow flies species was documented. Being able to determine the sex and species from the weight of the larvae would allow scientists to save time. Scientists would not have to wait for the blow flies to emerge as adults for this information. This experiment set to test that there was a difference in the weight of the blow fly pupae based on sex and species. The progeny of flies captured and recorded from maggots were used to weigh each species. A significant difference (P value < 0.0001) was found in the weight of Chrysomya rufifacies male (0.043339 grams) and females (0.061941 grams) when compared to those of Cochliomyia macellaria male (0.006990366 grams) and females (0.042606 grams). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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