Cuticular hydrocarbon composition in pupal exuviae for taxonomic differentiation of six necrophagous flies

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-456

  Ye, Gongyin ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Zhu, Jiaying ^a   Zhu, Guanghui ^a   Hu, Cui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbon; Forensic entomology; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Necrophagous fly; Pupal exuviae

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLY; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; PUPA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALDRICHINA GRAHAMI; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; SARCOPHAGA CRASSIPALPIS; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA;

EID: 34249740912     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[450:CHCIPE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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