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Chrysomya albiceps

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Description

albiceps (Wiedemann)

Musca albiceps Wiedemann, 1819: 38.

Chrysomya albiceps: Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 133 [introduced species]; Tantawi & Sinclair 2013: 238 [review].

Distribution. Introduced. Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Caamaño, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.

Remarks. Adults of this species were first collected in mainland Ecuador in 1984 (Peris 1985), with the first record from the Galápagos in 1989 (Tantawi & Sinclair 2013). This species breeds in carrion, with larvae being facultative predators on other maggots (Wells & Kurahashi 1997; Tantawi & Sinclair 2013).

Notes

Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 5283 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912667

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C071956FFCED29FFA18FB194E20

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/7912667 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/0F61647F191EFF86D208FFF6FF874909 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F3581C071956FFCED29FFA18FB194E20 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/209617304 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/30017/taxon/F3581C071956FFCED29FFA18FB194E20.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Chrysomya
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wiedemann
Species
albiceps
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) sec. Sinclair, 2023

References

  • Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1819) Brasilianische Zweifl ¸ gler. Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann's), 1 (3), 40 - 56.
  • Peck, S. B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast, A. & Miller, S. E. (Eds.), The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to Eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, pp. 91 - 122.
  • Peck, S. B., Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B. J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. American Entomologist, 44 (4), 218 - 237. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / ae / 44.4.218
  • Causton, C. E., Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & Landry, B. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for conservation of Galapagos Islands. Annals of Entomological Society of America, 99 (1), 121 - 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / 0013 - 8746 (2006) 099 [0121: AITAIF] 2.0. CO; 2
  • Tantawi, T. I. & Sinclair, B. J. (2013) An update of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Galapagos Islands, and first record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) from mainland Ecuador. Zootaxa, 3750 (3), 237 - 250. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3750.3.4
  • Peris, S. V. (1985) Some additional data on the distribution of Chrysomya species in South America (Diptera). Eos, 61, 239 - 240.
  • Wells, J. D. & Kurahashi, H. (1997) Chrysomya megacephala (Fabr.) is more resistant to attack by Ch. rufifacies (Macquart) in a laboratory arena than is Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabr.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 73 (1), 16 - 20.