Predatory behavior of Synthesiomyia nudiseta larvae (Diptera: Muscidae) on several necrophagous blowfly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Wing morphometrics for identification of forensically important blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Iberian Peninsula

“…These differences between the two studies, regarding sexual dimorphism, may be caused by the selected landmarks. In both studies, the landmarks are similar, but a higher number were analyzed in this paper, mainly at the base of the wing and M vein, based on previous successful results [28,42]. In any case, the landmark analyses performed by Szpila et al [36] and Grzywacz et al [37] could be standardized to automate GM as a taxonomic tool for Diptera of forensic importance, because they are homologous in other necrophagous families.…”

“…The wings were digitized and 17 anatomical reference points (landmarks) corresponding to Type I (according to Bookstein [41]) were selected at the intersections between different wing veins (Fig. 1), J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f based on previous publications and successful results [28,42]. These points are homologous and easily identifiable, and have a relative consistency in all the species studied.…”

Coexistence and intraguild competition of Chrysomya albiceps and Lucilia sericata larvae: case reports and experimental studies applied to forensic entomology

“…A wide range of species of Diptera usually feed on carcasses, and the most abundant are those of the Calliphoridae, Muscidae and Sarcophagidae families (Byrd and Castner, 2010;Velásquez et al, 2010). The availability of food is limited by the size of the cadaver and this factor can influence the dynamics of populations of many necrophagous and necrophilous species (Denno and Cothran, 1975;Godoy et al, 1993;Ivorra et al, 2019). If the food source is insufficient, there can be various interactions between species, such as competition, cannibalism or predation, but larval competition is the most important phenomenon that takes place on a corpse (Charabidze et al, 2021;Fouche et al, 2021;Ivorra et al, 2019;Polis, 1981;Polis et al, 1989;Ullyett, 1950).…”

Patterns of camelid sacrifice at the site of Pachacamac, Peruvian Central Coast, during the Late Intermediate Period (AD1000–1470): Perspectives from funerary archaeoentomology

“…The camelid data summarised here also suggest that the Calliphorid C. macellaria was accompaniedor followed shortly afterby the Sarcophaga species and by the synantropic Synthesiomyia nudiseta. Controversy surrounds this species, which was believed to be a 2nd phase coloniser but is now proposed to be a primary coloniser, especially in indoor environments (Huchet and Greenberg, 2010;Lo Pinto et al, 2017;Ivorra et al, 2018). The other species as Hydrotaea aenescens, Fannia sp.…”