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Name | Comparison of insect succession on dead Sus scrofa Linnaeus (Chordata: Mammalia: artiodactyla: suidae) in grassland and partially immersed aquatic environment |
Description | Research article:- Biosciences Jyoti Rana1*, Pushpa Thakur1 & M.S.Thakur2 1IIHS, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, Himachal Pradesh -171005, India. 2Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla-171005, India.
Abstract:- The succession of necrophilous insects on Sus scrofa Linnaeus kept in two different environments viz., grassland and aquatic were investigated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the decomposition rate, insect succession, taxonomic identification and to study the life history of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1784) on two pig carrion. Three species of Calliphoridae i.e. Chrysomya rufifacies (Maquart), Calliphora vicina Robineou-Desvoidy and Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) were collected from the two pig carrion. The species found to be more pronounced in both the environment was Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius). Due to their abundance in both the environments life history has also been noted during whole decomposition. A total number of 462 specimens were collected from the grassland and 476 from the aquatic environment. The specimen collected belonged to Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Dermaptera and Arachnida. Insect fauna associated with aquatic environment were observed more than grassland environment.
Keywords:- Insect Succession, Decomposition, Sus scrofa.
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Copyright © 2013 M S Thakur. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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