title: Myospila pudica pudica (Stein, 1915) (Diptera: Muscidae) in peninsular Malaysia and its occurrence on a monkey carrion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Science Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. raja_mzuha@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Raja Muhammad
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zuha
authors.forename: Hiromu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurahashi
authors.forename: Heo Chong
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Khairul
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Rumiza Abd
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.forename: Rogayah Abu
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Syamsa Rizal
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: Ahmad Firdaus Mohd
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Salleh
authors.forename: Mohamed Abdullah
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marwi
authors.forename: Baharudin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Omar
mesh_terms: 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