| karyotypes, constitutive heterochromatin, and genomic dna values in the blowfly genera chrysomya, lucilia, and protophormia (diptera: calliphoridae). | the karyotypes and c-banding patterns of chrysomya species c. marginalis, c. phaonis, c. pinguis, c. saffranea, c. megacephala (new guinean strain), lucilia sericata, and protophormia terraenovae are described. all species are amphogenic and have similar chromosome complements (2n = 12), including an xy-xx sex-chromosome pair varying in size and morphology between species. additionally, the c-banding pattern of the monogenic species chrysomya albiceps is presented. the dna contents of these and ... | 2006 | 16936838 |
| blowfly succession from possum (trichosurus vulpecula) carrion in a sheep-farming zone. | the significance of brushtail possum, trichosurus vulpecula kerr (diprotodontia: phalangeridae) carcasses to the succession and production of diptera species and its relevance to fly strike management in tasmania, australia was examined. calliphora stygia (fabricius), lucilia sericata (meigen) and calliphora vicina robineau-desvoidy (diptera: calliphoridae) were found to be the most abundant and lucilia cuprina (wiedemann) (diptera: calliphoridae) always the least abundant (< 1%) of the putative ... | 2006 | 17199756 |
| necrophilous insect dynamics at small vertebrate carrion in a temperate eucalypt woodland. | insects associated with carrion are critical to the decomposition process and nutrient cycling in ecosystems. yet the communities of insects associated with carrion vary between locations, and detailed case studies are necessary for identifying differences and similarities among contrasting habitats. in this study, we examined temporal changes in the crawling insect community collected from rabbit carcasses placed in contrasting grassland and tree habitats in southeastern australia. we collected ... | 2017 | 28399296 |
| do male secondary sexual characters correlate with testis size and sperm length in the small hairy maggot blowfly? | the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis proposes that secondary sexual characters (sscs) advertise a male's fertility to prospective mates. however, findings from empirical studies attempting to test this hypothesis are often ambivalent or even contradictory, and few studies have simultaneously evaluated how both morphological and behavioural sscs relate to ejaculate characteristics. males of the small hairy maggot blowfly, chrysomya varipes, possess conspicuous foreleg ornaments and display h ... | 2015 | 26297128 |