An update of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Galápagos Islands, and first record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) from mainland Ecuador

Tantawi, Tarek I.; Sinclair, Bradley J.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3750.3.4

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“…There is a lot of inconsistency on these two works, especially when compared with James (1948), Guimarães et al (1978), Guimarães and Papavero (1999) and Tantawi and Sinclair (2013). Guimarães and Papavero (1999), for example, manage to maintain coherence in the description of the colour of the gena for all Chrysomya species of the New World, except C. megacephala, but for C. rufifacies, they keep the analysis only for the anterior region, without concluding if the colour of gena is similar between C. rufifacies and C. putoria.…”

Section: Third Antennal Segment: (0) Dark Brown Versus (1) Inner Facementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Character proposed and included in identification key for the first time by Dear (1985) for Chrysomya species from the New World, afterwards widespread in other papers (Amat et al, 2008;Amat, 2009;Whitworth, 2010;Silva et al, 2012;Kosmann et al, 2013;Tantawi and Sinclair, 2013).…”

Section: Dorsal Surface Of Tergite V: (0) With Cleft Versus (1) Withomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This species is native to the Australasian region and it was first recorded in Central America in 1978 (Jirón, 1979), and a few years later in North America (Baumgartner, 1993;Rosati and VanLaerhoven, 2007). The first South American record of C. rufifacies was in Argentina (Mariluis and Schnack, 1989), subsequently in Colombia (Barreto et al, 2002;Pape et al, 2004) and recently in mainland Ecuador (Tantawi and Sinclair, 2013). In Argentina and Ecuador, C. rufifacies now overlaps ranges with C. albiceps (Tantawi and Greenberg, 1993;Tantawi and Sinclair, 2013).…”

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“…The first South American record of C. rufifacies was in Argentina (Mariluis and Schnack, 1989), subsequently in Colombia (Barreto et al, 2002;Pape et al, 2004) and recently in mainland Ecuador (Tantawi and Sinclair, 2013). In Argentina and Ecuador, C. rufifacies now overlaps ranges with C. albiceps (Tantawi and Greenberg, 1993;Tantawi and Sinclair, 2013).…”

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Phenotypic polymorphism of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) may lead to species misidentification

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Species identification is an essential step in the progress and completion of work in several areas of biological knowledge, but it is not a simple process. Due to the close phylogenetic relationship of certain species, morphological characters are not always sufficiently distinguishable. As a result, it is necessary to combine several methods of analysis that contribute to a distinct categorization of taxa. This study aimed to raise diagnostic characters, both morphological and molecular, for the correct identification of species of the genus Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) recorded in the New World, which has continuously generated discussion about its taxonomic position over the last century. A clear example of this situation was the first record of Chrysomya rufifacies in Brazilian territory in 2012. However, the morphological polymorphism and genetic variability of Chrysomya albiceps studied here show that both species (C. rufifacies and C. albiceps) share very similar character states, leading to misidentification and subsequent registration error of species present in our territory. This conclusion is demonstrated by the authors, based on a review of the material deposited in major scientific collections in Brazil and subsequent molecular and phylogenetic analysis of these samples. Additionally, we have proposed a new taxonomic key to separate the species of Chrysomya found on the American continent, taking into account a larger number of characters beyond those available in current literature.

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Section: Third Antennal Segment: (0) Dark Brown Versus (1) Inner Facementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dorsal Surface Of Tergite V: (0) With Cleft Versus (1) Withomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Phenotypic polymorphism of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) may lead to species misidentification

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“…Studies of the family on South America have been mainly focused on Argentina (Mariluis et al 1994), Brazil (Kosmann et al 2013;Pinto de Mello, 2003), Colombia (Amat, 2009;Wolff et al 2012;Wolff & Kosmann, 2016), Ecuador (Tantawi & Sinclair, 2013) and Venezuela (Velásquez et al 2017), Whitworth (2010) studied the species present in the West Indies, providing keys and reviewing some species. Withworth (2012) carried out a revision of the Neotropical species of Calliphora, and Withworth (2014) conducted the revision of the genus Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830.…”

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Calliphoridae from Chile: Key to the genera and species (Diptera: Oestroidea)

González

Llanos

Oses

et al. 2017

Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile)

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Assemblage of Necrophagous Diptera in Atlantic Insular Environments and Response to Different Levels of Human Presence

Carmo

Vasconcelos

2016

Neotrop Entomol

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Islands act as natural laboratories for ecological studies to explain bioinvasion processes and, in this scenario, necrophagous Diptera have never been used as model organisms. This study aimed to (i) describe assemblages of necrophagous Diptera (Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae) in two insular environments of different origins and distances from mainland, (ii) investigate the effect of anthropogenic impact on the assemblage of carrion flies, (iii) to quantify the establishment of invasive species in the two islands, and (iv) to infer about the conservation status of the islands based on the ecological parameters. Sampling was performed in 2011-2012, in the dry and rainy season. Insects were collected by using traps with chicken liver or sardine baits. In each island, environments exposed to different degrees of human impact were sampled. Ecological analyses were carried out to characterize the assemblages of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae, with emphasis on the relation between native and invasive species. In total, 99,862 adults of 21 species of blow flies and flesh flies were collected. Overall abundance in the oceanic island was higher than in the continental island, although the richness of species was higher in the latter. The type of bait did not influence diversity of species sampled in either island. No difference was observed in total richness of both families according to the gradient of anthropogenic impact, in both islands. The invasive species Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) was classified as dominant in all environments, irrespective of the anthropogenic impact, which raises concern about the conservation status of each island.

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An update of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Galápagos Islands, and first record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) from mainland Ecuador

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Phenotypic polymorphism of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) may lead to species misidentification

Phenotypic polymorphism of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) may lead to species misidentification

Calliphoridae from Chile: Key to the genera and species (Diptera: Oestroidea)

Assemblage of Necrophagous Diptera in Atlantic Insular Environments and Response to Different Levels of Human Presence

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