Chrysomya albiceps, (Wiedemann)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7926708 |
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Chrysomya albiceps |
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albiceps (Wiedemann) View in CoL View at ENA
Musca albiceps Wiedemann, 1819: 38 View in CoL .
Chrysomya albiceps: Peck 1996: 122 View in CoL [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 133 [introduced species]; Tantawi & Sinclair 2013: 238 [review].
Distribution. Introduced. Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Caamaño, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.
Remarks. Adults of this species were first collected in mainland Ecuador in 1984 ( Peris 1985), with the first record from the Galápagos in 1989 ( Tantawi & Sinclair 2013). This species breeds in carrion, with larvae being facultative predators on other maggots ( Wells & Kurahashi 1997; Tantawi & Sinclair 2013).
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Chrysomya albiceps
Sinclair, Bradley J. 2023 |
Chrysomya albiceps: Peck 1996: 122
Peck, S. B. & Heraty, J. & Landry, B. & Sinclair, B. J. 1998: 228 |
Peck, S. B. 1996: 122 |
Musca albiceps
Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1819: 38 |