title: A new record of Bengalia emarginata Malloch, 1927 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Malaysia.
abstract: During a forensic entomological study conducted at an oil palm plantation in Tanjung Sepat, Kuala Langat, Selangor, a Bengalia emarginata Malloch, 1927 (Diptera: Calliphoridae: Calliphorinae: Bengalini) was collected for the first time. Two adults were collected nearby the pig carcass by the first author and identified by the second. Prior to this finding, nine species of Bengalia were recorded from peninsular Malaysia or Borneo. Male of B. emarginata are different from Bengalia varicolor Fabricious by the following characters: Sternite 5 projection rounded with small identation and mid tibia double-fringed in ventral surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology & Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Chong Chin
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Hiromu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurahashi
authors.forename: Abdullah Marwi
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mohamad
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
authors.forename: Chen Chee
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Dhang
authors.forename: Raja Mohd
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zuha
authors.forename: Baharudin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Omar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male