Occurrence of Microcerella halli (Engel) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) in snake carrion in southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Thiago De C. Moretti²  Silmara M. Allegretti¹  Cátia A. Mello-patiu¹  Alexandre M. Tognolo¹  Odair B. Ribeiro¹  Daniel R. Solis¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’ Instituto de Biociências Departamento de ParasitologiaBotucatu SP ,Brazil

关键词: Flesh flies;    fly colonization;    forensic entomology;    reptile carcass;    carcaça de réptil;    colonização por moscas;    entomologia forense;    sarcofagídeos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262009000200018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The occurrence of 27 second-instar larvae of the flesh fly Microcerella halli (Engel, 1931) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) in a carcass of a snake usually called as Urutu, Bothrops alternatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) is reported. The snake was kept in captivity in a snake farm in Morungaba, São Paulo state, Brazil. Descriptions of reptile carcass colonization by insects and general biological data of this flesh fly are scarce and this necrophagic behavior is described for the first time in literature.

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