New record of Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from the Trans-Himalayan Region, cold arid desert of Kargil Ladakh, India-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

New record of Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from the Trans-Himalayan Region, cold arid desert of Kargil Ladakh, India

Published:2023-06-26 Issue:6 Volume:15 Page:23431-23435
ISSN:0974-7907
Container-title:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Short-container-title:J. Threat. Taxa

Author:

Hussain Mohammed^ORCID,Altaf Hussain Mir ,Hidayatullah Tak ,Nassreen Fatima Kacho

Abstract

Lucilia spp. commonly known as the green bottle fly, is cosmopolitan in distribution and well documented from different parts of the world. They have medical, forensic and veterinary importance. In the present study, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann 1830) is documented for the first time from the Trans-Himalayan region of Kargil Ladakh. It was found that this fly is fairly widespread in the study area. These flies show strong positive correlation with the temperature and weak positive correlation with the relative humidity. Therefore, fly abundance was recorded maximum in midsummer (July & August) and least in April & October; however, no fly activity was seen during winter months from November through March.

Publisher

Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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