title: Report on the occurrence of synanthropic derived form of Chrysomyamegacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Royapuram fishing harbour, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
abstract: The occurrence of dipteran fly, Chrysomyamegacephala (Fabricius, 1794) is reported for the first time from Royapuram fishing harbour (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, South East India. The fully grown third instar larvae of Chrysomyamegacephala were collected from decaying fishes near Royapuram fishing harbour. This site is found to be the regular breeding site for Chrysomyamegacephala. Larvae were reared under laboratory condition and freshly emerged adult flies from pupae were collected and identified by morphological features and molecular tools. Molecular identification through generation of DNA barcoding using mitochondrial COI gene of Chrysomyamegacephala is appended.
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
authors: Paulchamy
authors: P
authors: Ramaraj
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
authors: Chellappa
authors: C
authors: Selvakumar
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
authors: Arumugam
authors: A
authors: Ganesh
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
authors: Sundaram
authors: S
authors: Janarthanan
keywords: Blowfly; DNA barcoding; India; Molecular identification