New records of Chrysomya putoria and C. thanomthini (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India, with a revised key to the known Indian species

Authors

  • Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab 147002, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0728-9065

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4470.11.1.13188-13190

Keywords:

Chrysomyinae, Forensic Entomology, blow flies, necrophagous group

Abstract

Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830) and C. thanomthini Kurahashi & Tumrasvin, 1977 were recorded for the first time from India.  The species were collected from an altitude of 2,000m in the Himalaya.  An updated key to the Indian species of the genus Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 is provided herein.

Author Biography

Meenakshi Bharti, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab 147002, India.

Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences

Scientist

References

Bharti, M. (2011). An updated checklist of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India. Halteres 3: 34–37.

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Nandi, B.C. (2004). Checklist of Calliphoridae (Diptera) of India. Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 231: 1–47.

Senior-White, R., D. Aubertin & J. Smart (1940). The Fauna of British India including the Remainder of the Oriental Region. Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, 288pp.

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Published

26-01-2019

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2019)

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