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| Mello-Patiu,Cátia A.; Paseto,Maria Lígia; Faria,Lucas S. de; Mendes,Júlio; Linhares,Arício X.. |
| Sarchophagid flies (Insecta, Diptera) from pig carcasses in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with nine new records from the Cerrado, a threatened Neotropical biome. The diversity of the Sarcophagidae fauna of the Cerrado biome, also know as the Brazilian Savanna, is still underestimated. In this research we collected flies in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, during a Forensic Entomology experiment. Samples were collected throughout the decomposition process of domestic pig (Sus scrofa Linnaeus) carcasses, and the experiments were conducted in areas of pasture and semideciduous forest. A total of 85,694 adult flesh flies belonging to 57 species were collected from all carcasses. New records for nine species of Sarcophaginae are provided, including the first record... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Flesh flies; Necrophagous flies; Sarcophagidae; Savanna. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262014000200005 |
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