Rearing the scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) on industrial compounds: implications on size and lifespan
Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera, phoridae) is a cosmopolitan fly species used in forensic science, and has been developed as a laboratory model species. They feed on decaying corpses as well as a wide variety of organic matter, and previous studies have even found them feeding on liquid pai...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511819/ |