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7 July 2023 Seasonal distribution of Calliphoridae and Mesenbrinellidae (Diptera) associated with the decomposition of a clothed animal model in a forest reserve in the Central Amazon
Alex Sandro Barros de Souza, Daniela Agra, Renato Tavares Martins, Patrícia Pereira Gomes, Ruth Leila Ferreira-Keppler
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We evaluated the effects of seasonality on the richness and abundance of dipterans of the families Calliphoridae and Mesembrinellidae associated with the decomposition of a clothed Large White swine Sus scrofa domesticus (Artiodactyla: Suidae) carcass. Experiments were carried out in less rainy, rainy, and intermediate periods between 2010 and 2011 at Reserva Florestal Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas. Two pig carcasses, each weighing approximately 40 kg, were used in each period. A total of 63,872 individuals of 18 species of Calliphoridae and Mesembrinellidae were collected. The abundance and richness of these dipteran families were influenced by the interaction between period and decomposition stage. The compositions of the Calliphoridae and Mesembrinellidae assemblages differed among periods, with the fauna of the less rainy period being less similar to those of the intermediate and rainy periods than they were to each other. Three species were selected as indicators for the less rainy period, namely Paralucilia pseudolyrcea (Mello, 1969) (Diptera, Calliphoridae), Paralucilia nigrofacialis (Mello, 1969) (Diptera, Calliphoridae), and Eumesembrinella randa (Walker, 1849) (Diptera,Mesembrinellidae) while Chloroprocta idioidea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (Dipetra, Calliphoridae) was selected as an indicator species for the rainy period; no taxon was selected as an indicator of the intermediate period. Among decomposition stages, only fermentation and black putrefaction had indicator taxa, with Hemilucilia souzalopesi Mello, 1972 (Diptera, Calliphoridae and Chysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera, Calliphoridae), respectively. Clothes did not prevent the laying of eggs and became a kind of protection for immature stages. The clothed model presented a delay in decomposition compared to other studies developed in the Amazon region.

Alex Sandro Barros de Souza, Daniela Agra, Renato Tavares Martins, Patrícia Pereira Gomes, and Ruth Leila Ferreira-Keppler "Seasonal distribution of Calliphoridae and Mesenbrinellidae (Diptera) associated with the decomposition of a clothed animal model in a forest reserve in the Central Amazon," Journal of Medical Entomology 60(5), 910-916, (7 July 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad082
Received: 19 January 2023; Accepted: 22 June 2023; Published: 7 July 2023
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KEYWORDS
blow fly
carrion fauna
indicator species forensic entomology
postmortem
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