Publications

phoretic association between macrocheles muscaedomesticae (acari: macrochelidae) and flies inhabiting poultry manure in peninsular malaysia.	the phoretic association between macrocheles muscaedomesticae and flies that inhabited poultry manure in a poultry farm in sungai buloh, selangor, malaysia was studied. the effects of temperature, relative humidity and fly abundance on phoretic rates also were investigated. the most abundant fly species found was musca domestica; musca sorbens, chrysomyia megacephala and ophyra chalcogaster were present in relatively large numbers. representatives of ten families of mites were found on collected ...	1990	2279455
insect succession on a decomposing piglet carcass placed in a man-made freshwater pond in malaysia.	this entomological study was conducted in a man-made freshwater pond in a palm oil plantation in tanjung sepat, selangor from 23 july 2007 by using pig (sus scrofa) as a carcass model. a 1.5 month old piglet (5 kg), which died of asphyxia after being accidentally crushed by its mother, was thrown into a pond. observation was made for ten days; one visit per day and climatological data were recorded. on the first two days, the piglet carcass sunk to the bottom of the pond. the carcass floated to ...	2008	18600201