title: A modified trap for adult sampling of medically important flies (insecta: Diptera).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bait-trapping appears to be a generally useful method of studying fly populations. The aim of this study was to construct a new adult flytrap by some modifications in former versions and to evaluate its applicability in a subtropical zone in southern Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  The traps were constructed with modification by adding some equipment to a polyethylene container (18× 20× 33 cm) with lid. The fresh sheep meat was used as bait. Totally 27 adult modified traps were made and tested for their efficacies to attract adult flies. The experiment was carried out in a range of different topographic areas of Fars Province during June 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  THE TRAPS WERE ABLE TO ATTRACT VARIOUS GROUPS OF ADULT FLIES BELONGING TO FAMILIES OF: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, and Faniidae. The species of Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) include the majority of the flies collected by this sheep-meat baited trap.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This adult flytrap can be recommended for routine field sampling to study diversity and population dynamics of flies where conducting of daily collection is difficult.
authors: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Kamran
authors: K
authors: Akbarzadeh
authors: Javad
authors: J
authors: Rafinejad
authors: Jamasb
authors: J
authors: Nozari
authors: Yavar
authors: Y
authors: Rassi
authors: Mohammad Mehdi
authors: MM
authors: Sedaghat
authors: Mostafa
authors: M
authors: Hosseini
keywords: Calliphoridae; Diptera; Iran; Sarcophagidae; Trap
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