Ophyra capensis Wiedemann 1818
Description
Ophyra capensis (Wiedemann, 1818)
(Figs. 14, 40)
Material examined. ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: 2 males, Capital Federal, Cementerio de la Chacarita, 8- VIII-1998, Oliva leg. (MACN); 5 females, 2 males Capital Federal, 5-I-2000, Oliva leg. (MACN); 2 females, Burzaco, 03-X-2009, Mulieri leg. (MACN).
Distribution in Argentina (Fig. 40): Buenos Aires.
References for Argentina. Patitucci et al. (2010a).
Remarks. A redescription with good illustrations of male and female terminalia was given by Pamplona & Couri (1989). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).
Biology. Ophyra capensis is native to the Old World (Skidmore 1985). This species has been bred in human faeces, carcasses of mammals and birds, and was found in human corpses in forensic situations of confinement (Bourel et al. 2004).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muscidae
- Genus
- Ophyra
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Wiedemann
- Species
- capensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophyra capensis Wiedemann, 1818 sec. Patitucci, Mulieri, Olea & Mariluis, 2013
References
- Patitucci, L. D., Mulieri, P. R., Oliva, A & Mariluis, J. C. (2010 a) Status of the forensically important genus Ophyra (Diptera: Muscidae) in Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 69, 91 - 99.
- Pamplona, D. & Couri, M. S. (1989) Revisao das especies neotropicais de Ophyra Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Muscidae, Azeliinae). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 84, 419 - 429. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0074 - 02761989000800075
- Skidmore, P. (1985) The biology of the Muscidae of the world. Series Entomologica, 29, 1 - 550.
- Bourel, B., Tournel, G., Hedouin, V. & Gosset, D. (2004). Entomofauna of buried bodies in northern France. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 118, 215 - 220. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00414 - 004 - 0449 - 0