Variation in developmental time for geographically distinct populations of the common green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen)

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 438-442

  Gallagher, Meagan B ^a   Sandhu, Sonia ^a   Kimsey, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blow fly development; Calliphoridae; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Larvae; Lucilia sericata; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649248895     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01285.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Grassberger M, Reiter C. Effect of temperature on Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) development with special reference to the isomegalen- and isomorphen-diagram. Forensic Sci Int 2001 120 (1 32 6.
2. Kamal A. Comparative study of thirteen species of Sarcosaprophagous Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera). Ann Entomol Soc Am 1958 51 : 261 271.
3. Anderson G. Minimum and maximum development rates of some forensically important Calliphoridae (Diptera). J Forensic Sci 2000 45 (4 824 832.
4. Davies L, Ratcliffe GG. Development rates of some pre-adult stages in blowflies with reference to low temperatures. Med Vet Entomol 1994 8 (3 245 254.
5. Greenberg B. Flies as forensic indicators. J Med Entomol 1991 28 (5 565 577.
6. Byrd J, Butler JF. Effects of temperature on Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) development. J Med Entomol 1996 33 (6 901 905.
7. Byrd J, Butler JF. Effects of temperature on Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) development. J Med Entomol 1997 34 (3 353 358.
8. Byrd JH, Allen JC. The development of the black blow fly, Phormia regina (Meigen). Forensic Sci Int 2001 120 : 79 88.
9. Kay I. The effect of constant temperatures on the development time of eggs of Heliothis armiger (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Aust J Entomol 1981 20 (2 155 156.
10. Blanco C, Hernandez G. Prediction of masked chafer, Cyclocephala pasadenae, capture in light traps using a degree-day model. J Insect Sci 2006 6 (36). Available from: http://www.insectscience.org/6.36.
11. Son Y, Lewis EE. Modelling temperature-dependent development and survival of Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Agric For Entomol 2005 7 (3 201 209.
12. Grassberger M, Reiter C. Effect of temperature on development of the forensically important holarctic blow fly Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy)(Diptera: Calliphoridae). Forensic Sci Int 2002 128 (3 177 182.
13. Donovan S, Hall MJR, Turner BD, Moncrieff CB. Larval growth rates of the blow fly, Calliphora vicina, over a range of temperatures. Med Vet Entomol 2006 20 (1 106 114.
14. Tarone A, Foran DR. Components of developmental plasticity in a Michigan population of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J Med Entomol 2006 43 (5 1023 1033.
15. Schultz E, Reynolds KE, Conover DO. Countergradient variation in growth among newly hatched Fundulus heteroclitus: geographic differences revealed by common-environment experiments. Funct Ecol 1996 10 (3 366 374.
16. Laugen A, Laurila A, Rasanen K, Merila J. Latitudinal countergradient variation in the common frog (Rana temporaria) development rates - evidence for local adaptation. J Evol Biol 2003 16 (5 996 1005.
17. Skelly D. Microgeographic countergradient variation in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Evolution 2004 58 (1 160 165.
18. Dingle H, Mousseau TA. Geographic variation in embryonic development time and stage of diapause in a grasshopper. Oecologia 1994 97 (2 179 185.
19. Fairbairn D. Microgeographic variation in body size and development time in the waterstrider, Limnoporus. Oecologia 1984 61 (1 126 133.
20. Hall R, Townsend LH Jr. The blowflies of Virginia: no. 11. Res Div Bull 123. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1977.
21. Whitworth T. Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico. Proc Entomol Soc Wash 2006 108 (3 689 725.
22. Higley L, Haskell NH. Insect development and forensic entomology. In : Byrd JH, Castner JL, editors. Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal investigations. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2001 287 302.
23. Campobasso C, Di Vella G, Introna F. Factors affecting decomposition and Diptera colonization. Forensic Sci Int 2001 2 : 18 27.
24. Slone D, Gruner SV. Thermoregulation of larval aggregations of carrion-feeding blow-flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J Med Entomol 2007 44 (3 516 523.