Calliphoridae (Diptera) from wild, suburban, and urban sites at three Southeast Patagonian localities

MARILUIS, JUAN CARLOS; SCHNACK, JUAN ALBERTO; MULIERI, PABLO RICARDO; PATITUCCI, LUCIANO DAMIÁN

REVISTA DE LA SOCIEDAD ENTOMOLóGICA ARGENTINA

Sociedad Entomológica Argentina

Lugar: Mendoza, Argentina; Año: 2008 vol. 67 p. 107 - 114

0373-5680

Species composition, relative abundance, sex ratio and habitat preference of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Caleta Olivia, Puerto Deseado, and Puerto San Julián (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina) were studied during late spring and summer of 2004-2005. Results showed a higher prevalence of the exotic species, Calliphora vicina (Robineau-Desvoidy) and Phaenicia sericata (Meigen) at urban sites over the native, Compsomyops fulvicrura (Robineau-Desvoidy) and Sarconesia chlorogaster (Wiedemann) showing the latter a strong preference for those sampling sites either not inhabited or less influenced by human activities. Sex ratio was female biased for all species, except for S. chlorogaster which exhibited a male prevalence over females.