TY - NEWS
TI - Green bottle flies (Calliphoridae, Luciliinae) of Ecuador: geographic distribution, checklist and DNA barcodes
AU - Moreno, Emilia
AU - Amat García, Eduardo Carlo
AU - Meneses, Pablo
AU - Donoso, David A.
AU - Barragán, Álvaro
AB - Green bottle flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Luciliinae) comprise a diverse and cosmopolitan
taxon, known from at least 1,500 species. They have become crucial elements in forensic
investigations, as they spend part of their life cycle in decaying remains. Here, we review the
distribution of eleven Luciliinae species in Ecuador: the monotypic Blepharicnema and ten
Lucilia species. We identified specimens using morphological characters. Additionally, we DNA
barcoded 43 specimens from three species using 658bp segments of the standard Cytochrome
Oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial gen. Molecular and morphological identifications presented high
correspondence, suggesting COI barcodes are an efficient tool for the identification of these
three green bottle flies species. Geographical records are biased towards the northern Andean
region, particularly near to large urban settlements. We remark the value to applied forensic
research of continuous sampling of necrophagous flies under a variety of habitats and crime
conditions.
DA - 2020
KW - Barcoding
KW - Legal
KW - Investigations
PB - Taylor & Francis
UR - https://dspace.tdea.edu.co/handle/tdea/1143
ER -