Morphology and identification of first instars of African Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) commonly of forensic importance

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 738-752

  Szpila, Krzysztof ^b   Villet, Martin H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Calliphoridae; identification; larvae; morphology

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA CHLOROPYGA; CHRYSOMYA MARGINALIS; CHRYSOMYA PUTORIA; DIPTERA;

EID: 79960493173     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10238     Document Type: Article

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