| insects found on a human cadaver in central italy including the blowfly calliphora loewi (diptera, calliphoridae), a new species of forensic interest. | in the case of unidentified bodies the estimation of the period since death or of the season of death plays an important role to focus the attention on a reduced number of people among the ones reported missing. forensic entomology can be one of the most important methods for these estimations, as occurred in this case. flies are typically the first insects to colonize a dead body. the case reported here concerns the colonisation by insects of a male body in advanced decay found during the winte ... | 2011 | 21282022 |
| the blowflies of the madeira archipelago: species diversity, distribution and identification (diptera, calliphoridaes. l.). | knowledge on the taxonomic diversity and distribution of blowflies from the madeira archipelago is updated. new and interesting findings are reported for poorly studied islands and islets of this archipelago, together with a brief analysis of the diversity of macaronesian calliphoridae s. l. seven blowfly species were collected during this study, including the first records of calliphora vicina robineau-desvoidy, 1830, chrysomya albiceps (wiedemann, 1819), lucilia sericata (meigen, 1826), pollen ... | 2016 | 27917052 |
| revision of the nearctic <i>calliphora</i> robineau-desvoidy (diptera: calliphoridae). | the nearctic species of calliphora robineau-desvoidy are revised and all species are redescribed and/or diagnosed. diagnostic characters to permit reliable identification of both sexes of calliphora aldrichia (shannon) and c. montana (shannon) and detailed distributional records for both species are provided for the first time. a lectotype is designated for calliphora loewi enderlein, 1903. a revised key to the 13 species of nearctic calliphora is also included. the key is based on examination o ... | 2017 | 28187619 |