Ramadan, R., Hussien, S., Bakr, R. (2018). The Effect of Temperature Regimes and Tissue Types on The Development of Chrysomya megacephala Larvae (Diptera: callophoridae).. test, 11(6), 95-103. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2018.65704
Rawhia, H. Ramadan; Samah M. A. Hussien; Reda F.A. Bakr. "The Effect of Temperature Regimes and Tissue Types on The Development of Chrysomya megacephala Larvae (Diptera: callophoridae).". test, 11, 6, 2018, 95-103. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2018.65704
Ramadan, R., Hussien, S., Bakr, R. (2018). 'The Effect of Temperature Regimes and Tissue Types on The Development of Chrysomya megacephala Larvae (Diptera: callophoridae).', test, 11(6), pp. 95-103. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2018.65704
Ramadan, R., Hussien, S., Bakr, R. The Effect of Temperature Regimes and Tissue Types on The Development of Chrysomya megacephala Larvae (Diptera: callophoridae).. test, 2018; 11(6): 95-103. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2018.65704

The Effect of Temperature Regimes and Tissue Types on The Development of Chrysomya megacephala Larvae (Diptera: callophoridae).

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology
Article 10, Volume 11, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 95-103    PDF (872.89 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2018.65704
Authors
Rawhia, H. Ramadan1; Samah M. A. Hussien2; Reda F.A. Bakr3
1Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Banha University
2Theodore Bilharz Research Institute - El Warraq - Giza
3Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of three temperature regimes representing several specific development conditions of this blowfly: (25.7, 28.4and 30.6oC) and tissue types. Furthermore, Chrysomya megacephala colonies were reared on three different food sources (all rabbit carcasses, Liver and muscles) on the development of C.megacephala as important forensic fly, and their possible implications to calculate the postmortem interval (PMI). The results showed that the mean durations period from egg to adult eclosion of C. megacephala when reared on control rabbit at 25.7, 28.4 and 30.6 oC were 303.5, 217 and194.5 hrs, respectively. In addition, the mean duration period from egg to adult eclosion when the larvae reared on liver tissue at 25.7, 28.4and 30.6oC were 275.5, 205.5 and 188.5 hrs, respectively. Moreover, The Larvae of C.megacephala reared on muscle tissues from rabbit carcasses, the mean duration from egg to adult eclosion at 25.7oC 28.4oC, and 30.6oC were 293, 214.5 and 192.5 hrs, respectively.
          From the previous results, it is obvious that the mean duration in larvae reared on control rabbit carcasses was longer than those fed on muscle which longer than those reared on the liver at all temperature regimes.
Keywords
Temperature regimes; Tissue types; Chrysomya megacephala larvae
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