The Genus Dicyphoma James (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

James, Maurice T.

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“…Though they exhibit great morphological variation, the family is distinct from other flies due to their unique wing venation and larval habitus. The adults are most often collected on foliage in damp forests, near bodies of water, or near boggy areas (James 1981). Many genera, particularly in the Stratiomyinae and Nemotelinae, visit flowers.…”

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the soldier fly Ptecticus aurifer

Zhan

Zhao

Zhang

et al. 2020

Mitochondrial DNA Part B

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The pig body was put in the wild area in summer for collecting sarcosaphagous insects. After 31-day (9 June 2015 to 9 July 2015), the pig body was to be mummification. Ptecticus aurifer (Walker 1854) was found as sarcosaphagous insect for the first time. The complete mitochondrial genome of P. aurifer (Walker 1854) was sequenced in this study. The complete mitochondrial genome is a typical doublestranded circular molecule of 15,775 bp (GenBank accession number: MN604259) containing 37 typical animal mitochondrial gene and an A þ T-rich region. 11 of the 22 tRNAs, ranging from 63 to 72 bp, can be folded into classic clover-leaf secondary structure except for tRNA Ser(AGN) , in which the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm did not form a stable stem-loop structure. The control region is 954 bp long with an A þ T content of 90.7%. ARTICLE HISTORY

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the soldier fly Ptecticus aurifer

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Zhao

Zhang

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Mitochondrial DNA Part B

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“…Merosargus is a Neotropical genus which encompasses over one hundred species (James and McFadden 1971). These species are morphologically and ecologically diverse, being commonly found in a variety of habitats, such as primary and secondary tropical rainforest, suburban residential areas, and city parks (Woodley 2001).…”

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An Integrative View of Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in a Soldier Fly: Interplay Between Cryptic Mate Choice and Sperm Competition

Barbosa

2015

Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods

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Cryptic female choice (CFC) can occur in the same species in conjunction with other postcopulatory processes, such as sperm competition (SC) and cryptic male choice (CMC). However, each of these processes has been mostly studied in isolation. Little is known about how they interact with each other and how this interplay affects the role they play in sexual selection. This chapter addresses the interplay between CFC, CMC, and SC in the soldier fly, Merosargus cingulatus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Soldier flies mate at oviposition sites; both sexes mate multiply and males perform copulatory courtship. Here, we describe the different postcopulatory processes that occur in this species: Females use control of oviposition timing as a CFC mechanism. Males show cryptic preferences for larger females and respond to SC cues by increasing copulation duration. Male reproductive success is, therefore, a result of a number of factors: oviposition behavior, copulatory courtship, copulation duration, female size, and male density at the oviposition site. The interaction between CFC and other postcopulatory processes sheds light on its potential impact on sexual selection and evolution.

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“…There are even a handful of myiasis reports describing C. rufifacies as the sole species (Van Dine, 1909;Zimmerman, 1944;Chaudhuri, 1961;Shishido & Hardy, 1969;Watts et al, 1976), indicating C. rufifacies is capable of facultative primary myiasis. And despite early claims that C. rufifacies play a minor role in pathogen transmission (Bohart & Gressitt, 1951;James, 1962), they are known to carry and transmit bacteria (e.g., Bacillus), protozoa (e.g., Leptomonas), roundworm, pinworm, and hookworm (Sichevskaya & Petrova, 1958;Sulaiman et al, 1989;Greenberg, 2019aGreenberg, , 2019b. Thus, the invasion of C. rufifacies into North America comes with additional economic and medical concerns.…”

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The upper thermal tolerance for a Texas population of the hairy maggot blow fly Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Rusch

Faris

Beebe

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Ecological Entomology

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The hairy maggot blow fly (Chrysomya rufifacies: Macquart) is an invasive necrophagous fly found throughout the continental United States. Chrysomya rufifacies is of medical/veterinary, forensic, and ecological importance due to its ability to cause myiasis, colonise human remains, and displace native Diptera. However, little is known about their upper thermal tolerance, which could be used to better predict their invasion potential. We investigated the upper thermal tolerance of C. rufifacies exposed to different temperatures (20–45 °C), times (1–6 h), and nutrients (no food or water, water only, or a food‐water mixture) for both sexes and two age ranges (young = 6–8 days post pupal emergence; old = 9–11 days post pupal emergence). As temperature or duration increased, the probability of knockdown increased (0–100% at 20 and 45 °C and from 41 to 75% at 1 and 6 h), while the probability of survival decreased (99–2% at 20 and 45 °C and from 75 to 28% at 1 and 6 h). The availability of nutrients increased thermal tolerance at moderate temperatures (40 and 42 °C). Female flies were more thermally tolerant than males (probability of knockdown = 49% vs 58%; probability of survival = 58% vs 46%). Thermal tolerance did not differ by age. These data reveal details about the upper thermal tolerance for a single population of C. rufifacies, and suggest that environmental and organismal factors ought to be considered in order to make meaningful predictions about the invasion potential of C. rufifacies in North America.

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The Genus Dicyphoma James (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the soldier fly Ptecticus aurifer

The complete mitochondrial genome of the soldier fly Ptecticus aurifer

An Integrative View of Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in a Soldier Fly: Interplay Between Cryptic Mate Choice and Sperm Competition

The upper thermal tolerance for a Texas population of the hairy maggot blow fly Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

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