Key to Adults of Afrotropical Species of the Genus Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

S. Irish; T. Lindsay; N. Wyatt

doi:10.4001/003.022.0210

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S. Irish,¹ T. Lindsay,¹ N. Wyatt^2,*

¹1London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, U.K.
²2Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: n.wyatt@nhm.ac.uk

Abstract

Species of Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy are important in disease transmission and can be used as forensic indicators. An identification key is presented here for adults of the genus Chrysomya from the Afrotropical Region. Notes on the distribution and biology of the 12 species are also given.

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S. Irish, T. Lindsay, and N. Wyatt "Key to Adults of Afrotropical Species of the Genus Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae)," African Entomology 22(2), 297-306, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0210

Accepted: 1 December 2013; Published: 1 July 2014