Composition, Abundance and Richness of Sarcophagidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) in Forests and Forest Gaps with Different Vegetation Cover

Abstract

This study was carried out in the Base Operacional Geólogo Pedro de Moura (BOGPM) in the Urucu River Basin, Coari, state of Amazonas, Brazil, during April, June, and October 2007, in 16 areas, 4 in primary forests (environment MT) and 12 in gaps (environments C1, C2, and C3) at different stages of vegetation recovery, with different plant cover height. We collected 3,547 specimens of lesh lies. The 3,525 individuals identi ied to species level included 10 genera, 6 subgenera, and 23 species. Sarcodexia lambens (Wiedemann) (47.1%) and Peckia (Peckia) chrysostoma (Wiedemann) (19.1%) were the most abundant species. The abundance patterns and estimated richness differed between the environments, and were separated in two groups, one of the gaps (C1, C2, and C3) and another of forests (MT). Both abundance and estimated richness were higher in the gaps (C1, C2, and C3) than in the forest (MT).

Evaluating the Effects of Different Vegetation Types on Necrophagous Fly Communities (Diptera: Calliphoridae; Sarcophagidae): Implications for Conservation

“…The color of the abdominal cuticle of the sarcophagids has a high capacity for thermal reflectance [90], which could help minimize overheating. Sousa and colleagues [42] also recorded a lower species richness of sarcophagids in forests, in comparison to neighboring environments, with varying degrees of vegetation cover (clearings at different stages of recuperation) in the Amazon Forests.…”

“…Research on calliphorids in the Brazilian Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest and Mangroves [35– 40] indicates that the greatest variation in species composition and abundance is found between areas with different degrees of forestation, with the highest species richness being found in the forested environments. In sarcophagids, in contrast, the highest species richness in found typically in clearings and other open areas rather than forest [41, 42]. Given this, the type of vegetation and the heterogeneity of the environment appear to be key factors determining the characteristics of calliphorid and sarcophagid communities.…”

A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Insecta, Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from mangrove forests in the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species identification

“…Two species have been collected only in the feces of disk-winged bats, Thyroptera spp. CarvalhoFilho et al 2014), while S. cuneata has been collected in large numbers in traps baited with rotting beef lung (Sousa et al 2011), and visiting human feces or rotting fish (Lopes 1973;Pape and Mendéz 2002). Sarcofahrtiopsis terezinhae was collected in traps baited only with Ucides cordatus crabs, a species common in mangroves.…”

“…Few entomological studies have been made in mangroves, and most surveys of flesh flies in the Amazon have been restricted to non-inundated forests (Esposito and Linhares 2002;Sousa et al 2011), which are the most accessible and frequently sampled environments.…”

Comparative morphology and identification key for females of nine Sarcophagidae species (Diptera) with forensic importance in Southern Brazil

“…Synonymic information for each species is available in Pape (1996). Updated distribution data after Pape (1996) are also provided (Barros et al, 2008;Barbosa et al, 2009;Rosa et al, 2009;Souza et al, 2011;Vairo et al, 2011Vairo et al, , 2014Buenaventura and Pape, 2013). Vouchers are deposited in Coleç ão Entomológica Padre Jesus Santiago Moure, Universidade Federal do Paraná (DZUP) and Coleç ão Entomológ-ica do Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ).…”