Natural history of the scuttle fly, Megaselia scalaris

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 39-60

  Disney, R H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Forensic; Hygiene; Myiasis; Pest; Saprophage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUPA; SEX RATIO;

DIPTERA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; PHORIDAE;

EID: 40349089460     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093415     Document Type: Review

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