Recent African derivation of Chrysomya putoria from C. chloropyga and mitochondrial DNA paraphyly of cytochrome oxidase subunit one in blowflies of forensic importance

Chrysomya chloropyga (Wiedemann) and C. putoria (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are closely related Afrotropical blowflies that breed in carrion and latrines, reaching high density in association with humans and spreading to other continents. In some cases of human death, Chyrsomya specimens pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wells, J D, Lunt, N, Villet, Martin Herrer
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011648