Effect of the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and carcass type on the daily occurrence of postfeeding carrion-fly larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae).
Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, caused an increased in the proportion of gaps in the daily occurrence of postfeeding larvae of Cochliomyia macellaria (F.) in carrion-baited traps. Chrysomya rufifacies appeared later in the decomposition process and over a wider period of days in goat than in rabbit carcasses. The dependence of presence or absence of a carrion arthropod taxon at a given point in succession on interactions between other arthropods or carcass type must be considered when using successional data to estimate postmortem intervals.
Wells
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JD
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60680.
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D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants; D004175:Diptera; D004435:Eating; D004772:Entomology / Q000379:methods*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006041:Goats; D007814:Larva; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors