A short chronicle of a search for flesh flies and blow flies in sunny Florida during May of 2006. 

Greg Dahlem & Trevor Stamper as the "Collectors"

Find links to the Parks at bottom of this page

Trevor I. Stamper, PhD (candidate)

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH  45221

Gregory A. Dahlem, PhD

Department of Biological Sciences

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY  41099

Many thanks to the Florida State Park system and the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (Gainesville) for their assistance and permission to collect specimens!

DNA collected from these specimens will be used for research funded by the National Institute of Justice to develop a DNA based identification system for forensically important flies

 

Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius)

Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart

SARCOPHAGIDAE

COLLECTED

  • Sarcophagidae (Miltogramminae)
    • Amobia erythrura (Wulp)
    • Amobia floridensis (Townsend)
    • Eumacronychia spp.
    • Senotainia spp.
    • Taxigramma hilarella (Zetterstedt)
  • Sarcophagidae (Sarcophaginae)
    • Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Wiedemann)
    • Blaesoxipha spp.
    • Boettcheria latisterna Parker
    • Fletcherimyia rileyi (Aldrich)
    • Helicobia spp.
    • Oxysarcodexia galeata (Aldrich)
    • Oxysarcodexia ventricosa (Wulp)
    • Ravinia derelicta (Walker)
    • Ravinia floridensis (Aldrich)
    • Ravinia lherminieri (Robineau-Desvoidy)
    • Ravinia stimulans (Walker)
    • Sarcodexia lambens Wiedemann
    • Sarcophaga bullata Parker
    • Sarcophaga georgiana Dodge
    • Sarcophaga triplasia Wulp
    • Sarcophaga sp.
    • Spirobolomyia singularis (Aldrich)
    • Spirobolomyia sp.

    • Titanogrypa alata (Aldrich)

    • Tricharea sp.

CALLIPHORIDAE

COLLECTED

  • Calliphoridae

    • Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius)

    • Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)

    • Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius)

    • Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart

    • Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann

    • Phormia regina (Meigen)

 

Florida State Parks we collected in:

and also: