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Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius 1794

Description

megacephala (Fabricius), 1794: 317 (Musca). Type locality: “ Guinea ”, (error =? “Ex. Ind. Or.” See Patton, 1925:179). ST? (UZMC). Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (Copacabana; Gómez Plata; Itagui; Medellín; PNN Chiganza; Valle de Aburrá); Bolívar (Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Isla Múcura); Boyacá (Villa de Leiva, Vereda Centro); Caldas (Cañaveral, La Mula); Cundinamarca (Facatativá); La Guajira (Cerrejón Campamento Mushaisa); Sucre (San Onofre); Valle del Cauca (Cali); Vaupés), Argentina, Brazil, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Peru. Refs.: Dear, 1985: 112 (rev.); Thompson & Pont, 1993: 95 (cat.); Barreto et al., 2002: 138; Pape et al., 2004: 203; Vélez & Wolff, 2008: 43; Amat, 2009: 697; Barrios & Wolff, 2011: 167; Ramírez-Mora et al., 2012: 30; Salazar-Ortega et al., 2012: 563; Kosmann et al., 2013: 76.

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Copacabana, Barrio Villa Nueva, 1200m, 1F, vii.2004, A. Ruiz, entomological net (CEUA); Gómez Plata, Vereda La Clara, Hacienda Vegas de la Clara, 1000m, 1M, 16.vii.2003, Perez & M.C. Vélez, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); Itagui, Quebrada Doña María, 1530m, 1M, 16.viii.2004, J. Arias, entomological net (CEUA); Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Vetezoo, 1480m, 1F, 20.xi.2002, M.C. Vélez, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); same information except:, 1M, 4F, 06.vii.2002, G. Zapata, entomological net over a rabbit carcass (CEUA); Bolívar: Islas de San Bernardo, Tintipán, 0m, 3M, 1F, 05.i.2003, Wolff & Duque, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); same information except: 1M, xii.2002, Wolff & Duque; 1M, 04.i.2003, reared in the laboratory (CEUA); Sucre: San Onofre, Reserva Sanguaré, 0m, 1M, 01.v.2003, Grupo Entomologia, Vsr. trap baited with fish (CEUA).

Notes

Published as part of Wolff, Marta & Kosmann, Cecilia, 2016, FAMILIES CALLIPHORIDAE AND MESEMBRINELLIDAE, pp. 856-875 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 860, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.72, http://zenodo.org/record/263487

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Chrysomya
Species
megacephala
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794 sec. Wolff & Kosmann, 2016

References

  • Fabricius, J. C. (1794) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. IV. C. G. Proft, Fil. Et Soc., Hafniae (= Copenhagen). (6) + 472 + (5) pp.
  • Patton, W. S. (1925) Diptera of medical and veterinary importance, I. Types of older authors in continental museums. Philippine Journal of Science, 27, 177 - 200.
  • Dear, J. P. (1985) A revision of the new world Chrysomyini (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 3, 109 - 169. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81751985000300001
  • Thompson, F. C. & Pont, A. C. (1993) Systematic Database of Musca Names (Diptera). A catalog of names associated with the genus-group name Musca Linnaeus, with information on their classification, distribution, and documentation. Theses Zoologicae, 20, 1 - 221.
  • Barreto, M., Burbano, M. E. & Barreto, P. (2002) Flies (Calliphoridae, Muscidae) and Beetles (Siphidae) from human cadavers in Cali, Colombia. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 97, 137 - 138. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02762002000100025
  • Pape, T., Wolff, M. & Amat, E. C. (2004) Los califoridos, estridos, rinoforidos y sarcofagidos (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Rhinophoridae, Sarcophagidae) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 5, 201 - 208.
  • Velez, M. C. & Wolff, M. (2008) Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, 48, 41 - 47. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0031 - 10492008000600001
  • Amat, E. (2009) Contribuicion al conocimiento de las Chrysomyinae y Toxotarsinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) de Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 80, 693 - 708.
  • Barrios, M. & Wolff, M. (2011) Initial study of arthropods succession and pig carrion decomposition in two freshwater ecosystems in the Colombian Andes. Forensic Science International, 212, 164 - 172. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. forsciint. 2011.06.008
  • Ramirez-Mora, M. A., Boaventura, E., Gomez-P, L. M. & Amat, E. (2012) Updated checklist and new records of Calyptratae carrion flies (Diptera, Schizophora) from Valle de Aburra and other localities in Colombia. Entomotropica, 27, 27 - 35.
  • Salazar-Ortega, J. A., Amat, E. & Gomez-Pinerez, L. M. (2012) A check list of necrophagous flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from urban area in Medellin, Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 83, 562 - 565.
  • Kosmann, C., de Mello, R. P., Harterreiten-Souza, E. S. & Pujol-Luz, J. R. (2013) A list of current valid blow fly names (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Americas south of Mexico with key to the Brazilian species. Entomobrasilis, 6, 74 - 85. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.12741 / ebrasilis. v 6 i 1.266