Key to Adults of Afrotropical Species of the GenusChrysomyaRobineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Authors :: Thomas C. Lindsay
S. Irish
Nigel Wyatt
Source :: African Entomology. 22:297-306
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Academy of Science of South Africa, 2014.
Abstract: Species of Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy are important in disease transmission and can be used as forensic indicators. An identification key is presented here for adults of the genus Chrysomya from the Afrotropical Region. Notes on the distribution and biology of the 12 species are also given.

Subjects :: Chrysomya
biology
Genus
Insect Science
Identification key
Zoology
Key (lock)
Calliphoridae
biology.organism_classification
Agronomy and Crop Science
Disease transmission
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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