Morphology and developmental rate of blowflies Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya rufifacies in Thailand: Application in forensic entomology

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1207-1216

  Sukontason, Kom ^a   Piangjai, Somsak ^a   Siriwattanarungsee, Sirisuda ^a   Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCES; LARVA; PUPA; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS;

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES;

EID: 42049117622     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0895-6     Document Type: Article

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