Developmental Variation of Indian Thermophilic Variety of Scuttle Fly Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae) on Different Substrates
The scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) are important in forensic dipterology, because of their necrophagous habit. They are amongst the first wave of insects visiting human corpses in mechanically barricaded environments; hence their immature stages are generally used for estimation of PMI. The effec...
Main Authors: | Abesh Chakraborty, Atanu Naskar, Panchanan Parui, Dhriti Banerjee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Scientifica |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4257081 |
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