Morphological observation of puparia of Chrysomya nigripes (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from human corpse

• Main Authors: Sukontason K.L., Kanchai C., Piangjai S., Boonsriwong W., Bunchu N., Sripakdee D., Chaiwong T., Kuntalue B., Siriwattanarungsee S., Sukontason K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33746279705&partnerID=40&md5=2ee4b2b24f533b961fc2a1878d73bc15; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16289901; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5096
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

This article presents Chrysomya nigripes Aubertin as a blow fly species of forensic importance in Thailand, and morphological observation of fly puparia using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Morphologically, we focused on the characteristics of puparia used to accurately identify fly species. Nu...