Effect of temperature on Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) development with special reference to the isomegalen- and isomorphen-diagram

Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions

“…The absence of this migration requirement given by the small space, and the absence of burial given by the kind of substrate to pupate (sawdust instead sand), could explain the failure to reach pupation and the adult stage. For this species, the time taken for maximum larval growth at 25.30°C was similar to the results obtained for Lucilia sericata (a closely related species), reported by Grassberger & Reiter (2001). The times obtained for its rearing at 23.13°C agree with Anderson (2000) for the first and second instar of development.…”

“…C. nigribasis was reared at 10.62°C, with a development time of 111 days. Studies carried out with other species with the purpose of evaluating the effects of temperature on development, clearly show how a decrease in temperature can decrease metabolism, increasing the time intervals for the immature stages (Anderson, 2000;Byrd & Allen, 2001;Grassberger & Reiter, 2001;Grassberger & Reiter, 2002a;Grassberger & Reiter, 2002b;Ames & Turner, 2003;Grassberger et al, 2003). Hence, it is essential to consider that this species belongs to the Andean region (including paramo region) (Baumgartner & Greenberg, 1985) and it is part of the cadaverous entomofauna of these regions, becoming an important forensic indicator.…”

“…Therefore, they are the primary and most accurate forensic indicators of time of death and their development rates are needed to allow more precise PMI estimates (Grassberger & Reiter, 2001). Thus, it is necessary that the development rates for the species involved in decomposition be known for the same conditions of temperature at the possible crime scene (Introna et al, 1989).…”

The effect of environment on development and survival of pupae of the necrophagous fly Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes (Diptera, Muscidae)

“…Many studies of fly developmental rates occur at controlled temperatures (Greenberg 1991;Byrd & Butler 1998;Marchenko 2001;Grassberger & Reiter 2001), without consideration of variation of temperature and its interaction with other abiotic factors (Tachibana & Numata 2004;Nabity et al 2007;Higley & Haskell 2010). It becomes necessary to consider the influence of factors other than temperature on the development of immature stages of carrion flies in order to generate robust models applied to forensic entomology (Campobasso et al 2001;Krüger et al 2010).…”

Structural conservation of the salivary gland-specific slalom gene in the blowfly Lucilia sericata

“…Moreover, Lucilia sericata is also an important tool for forensic entomology (Grassberger and Reiter, 2001). …”