Pictorial identification key for species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of potential forensic importance in southern Brazil

Vairo, Karine Pinto e; Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de; Carvalho, Cláudio José Barros de

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262011005000033

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“…The high species richness of sarcophagids in SSC was similarly observed in other inventories carried out in a variety of different Brazilian ecosystems (Carvalho & Linhares 2001, Barros et al 2008, Barbosa et al 2009, Vairo et al 2011, Rosa et al 2011, Vasconcelos et al 2015. However, the species composition differs among these environments.…”

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Hexapod decomposers of Serra de Santa Catarina, Paraíba, Brazil: an area with high potential for conservation of Caatinga biodiversity

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In detritus-based trophic systems, springtails, dung beetles, saprophagous calyptrate flies and termites consume and fragment organic matter and control populations of decomposer microorganisms, exerting a strong influence on energy and nutrient fluxes. A faunal inventory of these four groups of hexapods was performed in Serra de Santa Catarina (SSC), an area of arboreal-shrub caatinga located in the state of Paraíba, with the purpose of characterizing the assemblages of these taxa, and highlighting their unique links to the local ecosystem. Samplings were performed in May, 2014, and April, 2015, both during the rainy season. Standard sampling protocols for biodiversity inventory of the various taxa were used, including both active and passive sampling methods. In general, 114 species of hexapods were captured, with 26 species of springtails, 20 dung beetles, 30 saprophagous calyptrate flies and 38 termites, with sampling sufficiency varying from 69.5 to 96.8% of total estimated richness. Species richness of the groups are among the highest recorded for a single area of Caatinga, with some taxa being recorded for the first time for the domain. Several morphospecies had indeterminate taxonomic status, especially springtails and termites, and are quite likely new species to science. The structure of the assemblages of springtails, dung beetles, saprophagous calyptrate flies and termites recorded in SSC, suggest that this conserved area is unique within the highly impacted landscape of Caatinga, and has great potential for the conservation of biodiversity of this domain in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Hexapod decomposers of Serra de Santa Catarina, Paraíba, Brazil: an area with high potential for conservation of Caatinga biodiversity

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“…Flies were identified using taxonomic keys and descriptions by Mello-Patiu and Pape (2000), Carvalho and Mello-Patiu (2008), Méndez et al (2008), Buenaventura et al (2009), Giroux andWheeler (2009), Pape and Dahlem (2010), Silva and Mello-Patiu (2010), Pinto et al (2011), Buenaventura and Pape (2013), and Carvalho-Filho et al (2014). Taxonomic characters of each species were also compared to reference specimens of the Entomological Collection of Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia (CEUA).…”

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Flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaginae) from the Colombian Guajira biogeographic province, an approach to their ecology and distribution

Valverde-Castro¹,

Buenaventura²,

Sánchez-Rodríguez³

et al. 2017

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ABSTRACT. Sarcophaginae is the most diverse subfamily of Sarcophagidae with 51 genera and more than 1,800 species and it is widely distributed in the Neotropical Region. Sarcophaginae flies of forest, rural, and urban habitats of the seven departments comprising the Colombian Guajira biogeographic province were surveyed. Van Someren Rydon traps baited with fermented fruit, decomposing fish, and human feces were active for 72 hours with samples collected every 12 hours (day/night) between 2010 and 2014. A total of 14,223 sarcophagines (78% females and 22% males) were collected, which belong to 28 species of nine genera. Oxyvinia excisa (Lopes, 1950) is a new record for Colombia. The richest genera were Oxysarcodexia Townsend, 1917 and Peckia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, with eleven and nine species, respectively. Some of the species with the highest affinity to urban habitats were Oxysarcodexia bakeri (Aldrich, 1916), Oxysarcodexia aurata (Macquart, 1851), and Oxysarcodexia timida (Aldrich, 1916); to rural habitats were Oxysarcodexia diana (Lopes, 1933), Ravinia columbiana (Lopes, 1962), and Ravinia effrenata (Walker, 1861); and to forest habitats were Helicobia rapax (Walker, 1849), Oxysarcodexia avuncula (Lopes, 1933), and Oxysarcodexia major Lopes, 1946. We also discuss diet, habitat, and activity periods of the species. Species composition of Sarcophaginae in the Guajira province was very homogenous across the habitats, with the forest as the richest habitat. Scavenger habits of Sarcophaginae are confirmed, as well as their strong association with anthropic environments.

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“…Nephochaetopteryx cyaneiventris had been previously recorded from the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Paraná in Brazil (Lopes 1936;Mello-Patiu et al 2009;Vairo et al 2011), and from Argentina (Mulieri et al 2008(Mulieri et al , 2010. Vairo et al (2011) registered it for the first time on pig carcass after conducting a forensic experiment in the state of Paraná.…”

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“…They were then classified to genus with the aid of identification keys (Carvalho & Mello-Patiu 2008;Vairo et al 2011) and by comparison with material from the reference collection of the Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences/UFU (Uberlândia). Species identifications were performed by comparison with material deposited at the Entomological Collection of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro).…”

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Sarchophagid flies (Insecta, Diptera) from pig carcasses in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with nine new records from the Cerrado, a threatened Neotropical biome

Mello-Patiu¹,

Paseto²,

Faria³

et al. 2014

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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ABSTRACT. Sarchophagid flies (Insecta, Diptera) from pig carcasses in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with nine new records from the Cerrado, a threatened Neotropical biome. The diversity of the Sarcophagidae fauna of the Cerrado biome, also know as the Brazilian Savanna, is still underestimated. In this research we collected flies in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, during a Forensic Entomology experiment. Samples were collected throughout the decomposition process of domestic pig (Sus scrofa Linnaeus) carcasses, and the experiments were conducted in areas of pasture and semideciduous forest. A total of 85,694 adult flesh flies belonging to 57 species were collected from all carcasses. New records for nine species of Sarcophaginae are provided, including the first record of Blaesoxipha (Acridiophaga) caridei (Brèthes, 1906) to Brazil, and new occurrences of the following species for the Cerrado and/or for the state of

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Pictorial identification key for species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of potential forensic importance in southern Brazil

Cited by 65 publications

References 10 publications

Hexapod decomposers of Serra de Santa Catarina, Paraíba, Brazil: an area with high potential for conservation of Caatinga biodiversity

Hexapod decomposers of Serra de Santa Catarina, Paraíba, Brazil: an area with high potential for conservation of Caatinga biodiversity

Flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaginae) from the Colombian Guajira biogeographic province, an approach to their ecology and distribution

Sarchophagid flies (Insecta, Diptera) from pig carcasses in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with nine new records from the Cerrado, a threatened Neotropical biome

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