blowflies, Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11535766 |
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Key to the identification of forensically important blowflies View in CoL of the Middle East.
1. Stem-vein without row of hairs above … 2
– stem-vein with row of hairs above ( Fig. 1a View Fig ) … 3 (Chrysomyinae)
2. Lower calypter with hairs on dorsal surface; thorax nonmetallic, dark and dusted ( Fig. 1b View Fig ) … 13 (Calliphorinae)
– lower calypter without hairs on dorsal surface; thorax bright green metallic, rarely bluish or cuprous ( Fig. 1c View Fig ) … 15 (Luciliinae)
3. Greater ampulla with stiff erect hairs ( Fig. 1d View Fig ); dorsal surface of lower calypter with dense hairs ( Fig. 1d View Fig ) … 4 ( Chrysomya spp. )
– greater ampulla bare or with short fine hairs ( Fig. 1e View Fig ); dorsal surface of lower calypter bare or with a few pale hairs ( Fig. 1e View Fig ) … 12
4. Anterior spiracle dark, brownish ( Fig. 1f, i View Fig ) … 5
– anterior spiracle bright, white-yellowish ( Figs 1d, k View Fig ; 2g View Fig ) … 8
5. Surface of genal dilation and postgena fuscous, with black hairs ( Fig. 1f View Fig ) … 6
– surface of genal dilation and postgena bright, orange-yellowish, with yellow hairs ( Fig. 1i View Fig ) … 7
6. Basal part of upper calypter clearly bright, almost white; remaining part of upper calypter and lower calypter dirtywhite ( Fig. 1g View Fig ) … Chrysomya phaonis Séguy, 1928 Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in south-east Iran.
– basal part of upper calypter dark gray; remaining part of upper calypter and lower calypter dark brownish ( Fig. 1h View Fig ) … Chrysomya pinguis (Walker, 1858) Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in south-east Iran.
7. Lower calypter white, with yellowish fringe ( Fig. 1d View Fig ) … Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914 Distribution: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
– lower calypter brownish and darkened ( Fig. 1i View Fig ) … Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
8. Anterior wing margin strongly darkened ( Fig. 1j View Fig ) … Chrysomya marginalis (Wiedemann, 1830) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
– anterior wing margin transparent … 9
9. Katepisternal setae 0 + 1 ( Fig. 1k View Fig ); all hairs on surface of tergite V black … Chrysomya nigripes Aubertin, 1932 Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in south-east Iran.
– katepisternal setae 1+1 ( Fig. 1i View Fig ); at least some hairs on lateral surfaces of tergite V white ( Fig. 2d View Fig ) … 10
10. Dorsal part of thorax with conspicuous dusting ( Fig. 2a View Fig ); black transverse marginal abdominal bands on abdominal segment III broad, even up to one-half of tergite length ( Fig. 2b View Fig ); posterior edge of tergite V of female entire, without incision ( Fig. 2b View Fig ) … Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830) Distribution: Saudi Arabia (?). Records of Büttiker et al. (1979) and Abouzied (2014) of " Chrysomya chloropyga " most likely refer to Ch. putoria . Possible occurrence in countries of Arabic Peninsula. Reliable keys for identification of both species are provided by Rognes and Paterson (2005) and Irish et al. (2014).
– dorsal part of thorax shiny, with little dusting ( Fig. 2c View Fig ); black transverse marginal abdominal bands on abdominal segments III and IV very narrow, up to about a quarter on segment III and usually not more than about one sixth in segment IV ( Fig. 2d View Fig ); posterior edge of tergite V of female with crevice/incision ( Fig. 2d View Fig ) … 11
11. Third antennal segment wholly dark, blackish-brownish ( Fig. 2e View Fig ); proepimeral seta absent ( Fig. 1d View Fig ) (rarely present on one or both sides) … Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) Distribution: Egypt, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Turkey. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
– third antennal segment pale brown-reddish on inner surface ( Fig. 2f View Fig ); proepimeral seta present ( Fig. 2g View Fig ) … Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart, 1843) Distribution: Iran, Pakistan.
12. Upper and lower calypters bright, white to yellowish ( Fig. 1e View Fig ); anterior spiracle yellowish ( Fig. 1e View Fig ) … Phormia regina (Meigen, 1826) Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in Turkey and north-west Iran.
– upper and lower calypters dark brown, especially on rim ( Fig. 2h View Fig ); anterior spiracle dark brown ( Fig. 2h View Fig ) … Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in Turkey and north-west Iran.
13. One pair of acrostichal setae on postsutural surface of thorax ( Fig. 2i View Fig ); abdomen shining blue without dusting; cerci of male genitalia short, surstyli much larger in form of long slightly curved rods ( Fig. 2j View Fig ) … Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761) Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in Turkey and north-west Iran.
– Three pairs of acrostichal setae on postsutural surface of thorax ( Fig. 2k View Fig ); abdomen shining blue with white dusting; cerci and surstyli almost the same length … 14 ( Calliphora spp. )
14. facial ridges, mouth edge, and anterior part of genal dilation yellowish-red ( Fig. 2l View Fig ); hairs on genal dilation and postgena black ( Fig. 2l View Fig ); anterior spiracle yellow ( Fig. 2l View Fig ) … Calliphora vicina (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
– facial ridges, mouth edge, and anterior part of genal dilation black ( Fig. 2m View Fig ); hairs on posterior part of genal dilation and postgena orange ( Fig. 2m View Fig ); anterior spiracle brownish-black ( Fig. 2m View Fig ) … Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution: Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey.
15. Katatergite bare or pubescent ( Fig. 3h, i View Fig ) … 16 ( Lucilia spp. )
– katatergite with long, upstanding fine hairs ( Fig. 2n View Fig ) … 23 ( Hemipyrellia spp. )
16. Basicosta bright yellow ( Fig. 3a View Fig ) … 17
– basicosta brown or black ( Fig. 3e View Fig ) … 18
17. Posterior slope of humeral callus with 6–8 hairs ( Fig. 3a View Fig ); surface of notopleuron between last notopleural seta and edge of notopleuron with 8–16 hairs ( Fig. 3a View Fig ); central occipital area with 2–8 setulae (rarely 1) below each inner vertical seta ( Fig. 3c View Fig ) … Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
– posterior slope of humeral callus with 0–4 hairs ( Fig. 3b View Fig ); surface of notopleuron between last notopleural seta and edge of notopleuron with 2–5 hairs ( Fig. 3b View Fig ); central occipital area with one setula (rarely 0 or 2) below each inner vertical seta ( Fig. 3d View Fig ) … Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Turkey. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
18. Three pairs of acrostichal setae on postsutural area of thorax (like on Fig. 2k View Fig ); ventral surface of subcostal sclerite without black setulae; palpi brown to black ( Fig. 3f View Fig ) … Lucilia silvarum (Meigen, 1826) Distribution: Iran, Israel.
– Two pairs of acrostichal setae on postsutural area of thorax; ventral surface of subcostal sclerite with black setulae near apex ( Fig. 3e View Fig ); palpi yelloworange ( Fig. 3g View Fig ) … 19
19. Coxopleural streak absent ( Fig. 3i View Fig ) … 20
– coxopleural streak present ( Fig. 3h View Fig ) … 21
20. Calypters white to light brown, with white at least along the rim of upper calypter ( Fig. 3j View Fig ); tibia of legs black; body usually green … Lucilia ampullacea Villeneuve, 1922 Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in Turkey and north-west Iran.
– calypters light brown to brown, with at least the rim of upper calypter brownish ( Fig. 3k View Fig ); tibia of legs orange-brownish; body usually bluish-purple … Lucilia porphyrina (Walker, 1856) Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in south-east Iran.
21. At least lower calypter brown ( Fig. 3l View Fig ); abdominal segments III and IV with dark marginal band (resembling bands present in Chrysomya spp. ) ( Fig. 3l View Fig ) … Lucilia papuensis Macquart, 1843 Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in south-east Iran.
– lower calypter white, sometimes slightly darkened but never brown ( Fig. 1c View Fig ); abdominal segments III and IV with without dark marginal band … 22
22. Male: epandrium large and swollen ( Fig. 3m View Fig ); surstyli stout, abruptly narrowed at tip ( Fig. 3m View Fig ); female: tergite VI convex in lateral view ( Fig. 3n View Fig ) … Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen. Possible occurrence in mountain zone of Pakistan.
– male: epandrium of normal size ( Fig. 3o View Fig ); surstyli slender, gradually tapered to sharp tip ( Fig. 3o View Fig ); female: tergite VI straight in lateral view ( Fig. 3p View Fig ) … Lucilia illustris (Meigen, 1826) Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen.
23. Third antennal segment dark, slightly orange at the base ( Fig. 2o View Fig ) … Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wiedemann, 1830) Distribution: Pakistan. Possible occurrence in south-east Iran.
– third antennal segment entirely orange ( Fig. 2p View Fig ) … Hemipyrellia pulchra (Wiedemann, 1830) Distribution: Egypt, Pakistan. Possible occurrence in southern Middle East.
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