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Australian distribution

Taxonomy

Family: Calliphoridae

Subfamily: Luciliinae

Genus: Hemipyrellia Townsend 1918

Species: ligurriens (Wiedemann 1830)

 

The first-, second- and third-instar larvae were described by Erzinçlioglu (1984) and Sukontason et al. (2008). The egg and puparium were also described by Sukontason et al. (2008).

Biology

Hemipyrellia ligurriens breeds in dead animals, garbage, human and animal faeces. It is a species of forensic importance as it has been collected from human corpses (Sukontason et al. 2008). It is also of sanitary importance, especially in areas around open markets, due to its attraction to human faeces.

Distribution

The species has a wide distribution in the Oriental region. In Australia, it has only been recorded from Queensland.

Relevant Literature

Erzinçlioglu, Y.Z. (1984) Studies on the morphology and taxonomy of the immature stages of Calliphoridae, with analysis of phylogenetic relationships within the family, and between it and other groups in the Cyclorrhapha (Diptera). Ph.D., University of Durham.

Ishijima, H. (1967) Revision of the third stage larvae of synanthropic flies of Japan (Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae). Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 18, 47-100.

Kurahashi, H. (1987) The blow flies of New Guinea, Bismark Archipelago and Bougainville Island (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Tokyo, The Entomological Society of Japan.

Sukontason, K.L., Sribanditmongkol, P., Chaiwong, T., Vogtsberger, R.C., Piangjai, S. and Sukontason, K. (2008) Morphology of immature stages of Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) for use in forensic entomology applications. Parasitology Research 103, 877-887.