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BIONOMY OF TWO FLIES OF SANITARY AND FORENSIC IMPORTANCE: PECKIA (SARCODEXIA) LAMBENS (WIEDEMANN) AND OXYSARCODEXIA AMOROSA (SCHINER) (DIPTERA, SARCOPHAGIDAE)
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. a Programa de Pós-Graduac¸ ão em Biologia Parasitária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Matemática. seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. d Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Forense. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Matemática. seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. d Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Forense. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
This study aims to elucidate the bionomy of Peckia (Sarcodexia) lambens and Oxysarcodexia amorosa to
provide data for medical, veterinary and forensic entomology analyses. We analyzed larval stage duration
(L1–L3), weight of the mature larvae (L3), pupal stage duration, L1–adult duration, adult emergence and
viability of larvae and adults of both species. Larval viability of P. (S.) lambens was 82% and the mean duration
of the larval stage was 3.51 ± 0.99 days. The mature larvae had a mean weight of 33.67 ± 7.13 mg.
The mean duration of the pupal stage was 8.26 ± 0.93 days and the mean duration of the L1–adult was
11.53 ± 1.22 days. Mean lifespan for females and males was 39.33 ± 1.52 and 57.33 ± 4.72 days, respectively.
Larval viability of O. amorosa was 76% and mean duration of larval stage was 3.51 ± 0.64 days.
Mature larvae had a mean weight of 28.28 ± 3.38 mg. Mean duration of the pupal stage was 10.14 ± 0.63
days and mean duration of the L1–adult was 13.60 ± 0.69 days. Mean lifespan for females and males
was 83.66 ± 15.94 and 84.00 ± 19.97 days, respectively. Oxysarcodexia amorosa showed a L1–adult stage
longer than P. (S.) lambens; however both species showed low viability. O. amorosa laid more larvae than
P. (S.) lambens, this fact may occur because O. amorosa had longer life duration.
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