New piophilid in town: The first Palaearctic record of Piophila megastigmata and its coexistence with Piophila casei in central Spain

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Martin Vega D ^a   Gomez Gomez A ^a   Baz, A ^a   Diaz Aranda L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign species; Forensic entomology; Piophila casei; Piophila megastigmata; Spain

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CARRION; COEXISTENCE; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; NEW SPECIES; PALEARCTIC REGION; PEST SPECIES; PIG; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TYPE SPECIMEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SPAIN; SWINE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; MALE; SEASONS; SPAIN; SWINE;

SPAIN;

DIPTERA; PIOPHILA; PIOPHILA CASEI; PIOPHILIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 79951521364     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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