title: Muscle attachment site (MAS) patterns for species determination in five species of Sarcophaga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
abstract: To further establish species determination using the muscle attachment site (MAS) pattern method, third instar larvae of five forensically important species of Sarcophaga Meigen were investigated: Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy), Sarcophaga caerulescens Zetterstedt, Sarcophaga melanura Meigen, Sarcophaga albiceps Meigen and Sarcophaga similis Meade. As in the previously investigated Calliphoridae, patterns were found to be species specific. The main feature of the Sarcophaga patterns is the divided central horizontal row of segment four. A genus pattern was established to be used as base for comparison in further species determination.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Thueringen, Germany. senta.niederegger@med.uni-jena.de.
authors.forename: Senta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niederegger
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szpila
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Thueringen, Germany.
authors.forename: Gita
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D007814:Larva / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology*; D058493:Sarcophagidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine
keywords: Flesh flies; Genus pattern; Muscle attachment sites; Sarcophaga; Species determination