title: Morphology of puparia of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae), a fly species of medical and forensic importance.
abstract: Megaselia scalaris (Loew), a scuttle fly, is a fly species of medical and forensic importance. For use in forensic investigation, fly specimens found to associate with human corpses have to be identified at species level. Herein, we present the morphology of the puparia of the above fly species using scanning electron microscopy. The characteristic of the intersegmental spines along the dorsal and lateral segments and sculpture of the pupal respiratory horn of this puparia may be useful in future studies, to distinguish it from other closely related species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. klikitvo@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
authors.forename: Kabkaew L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Sukontason
authors.forename: Worachote
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boonsriwong
authors.forename: Sirisuda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siriwattanarungsee
authors.forename: Somsak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piangjai
authors.forename: Kom
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sukontason
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D011679:Pupa / Q000145:classification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity