Myospila pudica pudica (Stein, 1915) (Diptera: Muscidae) in peninsular Malaysia and its occurrence on a monkey carrion.
Myospila pudica pudica (Stein, 1915) (Diptera: Muscidae) was recorded for the first time in Malaysia during a forensic entomological study conducted at a forested area of Forensic Science Simulation Site, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor. This species can be differentiated from other species of its genus by having R1 setulose on dorsal surface and R4+5 more or less setulose dorsally and ventrally. The legs, including tarsi, are testaceous yellow and palpi blackish. Lateral and ventral surface of scutellum bare below the level of bristles and the third antennal segment is brownish yellow. Other features including the diverging of inner margin of lower squama from scutellum margin. This is also the first report on the occurence of M. pudica pudica (Stein, 1915) on animal carcass.
Zuha
Raja Muhammad
RM
Forensic Science Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. raja_mzuha@hotmail.com
Kurahashi
Hiromu
H
Chin
Heo Chong
HC
Osman
Khairul
K
Rashid
Rumiza Abd
RA
Hassan
Rogayah Abu
RA
Abdullah
Syamsa Rizal
SR
Salleh
Ahmad Firdaus Mohd
AF
Marwi
Mohamed Abdullah
MA
Omar
Baharudin
B
D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D044707:Forensic Sciences; D000882:Haplorhini; D007814:Larva; D008296:Malaysia; D009117:Muscidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013997:Time Factors