Chin, H.C. and Ahmad, N.W. and Lim, L.H. and Jeffery, J. and Omar, B. and Dhang, C.C. and Weng, L.K. and Sofian-Azirun, M. (2009) Predation on pupa of Chrysomya rufifacies (Marquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by parasitoid, Exoristobia philippinensis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Ophyra spinigera larva (Diptera: Muscidae). Tropical Biomedicine, 26 (3). pp. 369-72. ISSN 0127-5720, DOI 20237454.
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A forensic entomological study was conducted using monkey carcasses (Macaca fascicularis Raffles) that were placed in either an outdoor or indoor environment at a coastal area in Tanjung Sepat, Selangor, Malaysia during May until August 2008. We collected pupae of Chrysomya rufifacies (Marquart) from the carcasses and kept them individually. The emergence of 13 parasitic microhymenopteran, from one of the pupae occurring within a week were identified as Exoristobia philippinensis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Another observation was made whereby a pupa of C. rufifacies was predated by a muscid larva, Ophyra spinigera (Stein). The larva squeezed into the pupa and consumed the contents. This paper report C. rufifacies as a new host record for E. philippinensis in Malaysia and highlighted the predatory behavior of O. spinigera larva in natural environment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. chongchin83@yahoo.com |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cadaver |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Faizal Hamzah |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2011 07:34 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2019 09:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/1222 |
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