<documentid="458D43F3DEC991010275BBEC9801FA8D"ID-CLB-Dataset="298233"ID-DOI="10.1007/s00436-015-4329-y"ID-GBIF-Dataset="6da452d6-aa6c-4527-85b7-09327d02b1cc"ID-ISSN="1432-1955"ID-PMC="PMC4365180"ID-PubMed="25682434"ID-Zenodo-Dep="11376577"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="carolina"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="carolina"IM.treatments_approvedBy="carolina"checkinTime="1716944765779"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Akbarzadeh, Kamran, Wallman, James F., Sulakova, Hana & Szpila, Krzysztof"docDate="2015"docId="8A090351FF906F68FCCDE31FE0F96065"docLanguage="en"docName="ParasitolRes.114.1463-1472.pdf"docOrigin="Parasitology Research (1463) 114 (4)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4329-y"docStyle="DocumentStyle:0D5C84EF50AB670632765FE1280BCE1D.1:ParasitolRes.2008-.journal_article.open"docStyleId="0D5C84EF50AB670632765FE1280BCE1D"docStyleName="ParasitolRes.2008-.journal_article.open"docStyleVersion="1"docTitle="Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm 1889"docType="key"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="1469"masterDocId="76307B29FF916F6EFFFDE150E42F657A"masterDocTitle="Species identification of Middle Eastern blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance"masterLastPageNumber="1472"masterPageNumber="1463"pageNumber="1464"updateTime="1717958667004"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
Key to the identification of forensically important
<taxonomicNameid="C5A0C9C4FF906F6FFACCE31FE1BE671C"ID-CoL="7KK"authority="Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889"authorityName="Brauer & Bergenstamm"authorityYear="1889"box="[1329,1425,591,614]"class="Insecta"family="Calliphoridae"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="family">blowflies</taxonomicName>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFAE1E3A5E1486676"box="[1308,1383,757,780]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1a</figureCitation>
2. Lower calypter with hairs on dorsal surface; thorax nonmetallic, dark and dusted (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFB10E22AE16666EB"box="[1261,1353,890,913]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1b</figureCitation>
– lower calypter without hairs on dorsal surface; thorax bright green metallic, rarely bluish or cuprous (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFC62E570E7C7614D"box="[927,1000,1056,1079]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1c</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFAF8E532E17C6103"box="[1285,1363,1122,1145]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1d</figureCitation>
); dorsal surface of lower calypter with dense hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFAC9E5D4E1AF61E1"box="[1332,1408,1156,1179]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1d</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFC5DE458E7C46065"box="[928,1003,1288,1311]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1e</figureCitation>
); dorsal surface of lower calypter bare or with a few pale hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFB7DE47AE0E6603B"box="[1152,1225,1322,1345]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1e</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFB35E43CE10C60F9"box="[1224,1315,1388,1411]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1f, i</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFAC3E4FEE18B60BF"box="[1342,1444,1454,1477]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Figs 1d, k</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFC6AE480E79E609D"box="[919,945,1488,1511]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">
5. Surface of genal dilation and postgena fuscous, with black hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFC14E763E0006330"box="[1001,1071,1587,1610]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1f</figureCitation>
– surface of genal dilation and postgena bright, orange-yellowish, with yellow hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFAF8E7C7E16563D4"box="[1285,1354,1687,1710]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">Fig. 1i</figureCitation>
6. Basal part of upper calypter clearly bright, almost white; remaining part of upper calypter and lower calypter dirtywhite (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF906F6FFC4DE64CE7D56249"box="[944,1018,1820,1843]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="1464">
– basal part of upper calypter dark gray; remaining part of upper calypter and lower calypter dark brownish (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF936F6CFEA3E726E58663F7"box="[350,425,1654,1677]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="1465">Fig. 1h</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF936F6CFD6CE64CE6F56249"box="[657,730,1820,1843]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="1465">Fig. 1d</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF936F6CFAC7E7E8E1AF63B5"box="[1338,1408,1720,1743]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="1465">Fig. 1i</figureCitation>
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. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFD71E1CFE6F965CC"box="[652,726,159,182]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 1j</figureCitation>
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. Possible occurrence in all countries of the Middle East.
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFE22E0F9E61E64BA"box="[479,561,425,448]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 1k</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFE10E320E61F67FD"box="[493,560,624,647]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 1i</figureCitation>
); at least some hairs on lateral surfaces of tergite V white (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFD8DE3C1E69667D2"box="[624,697,657,680]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
10. Dorsal part of thorax with conspicuous dusting (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFD51E384E6DB6791"box="[684,756,724,747]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2a</figureCitation>
); black transverse marginal abdominal bands on abdominal segment III broad, even up to one-half of tergite length (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFEEFE267E54F6634"box="[274,352,823,846]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2b</figureCitation>
); posterior edge of tergite V of female entire, without incision (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFE43E209E627660A"box="[446,520,857,880]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2b</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="6631CFB6FF956F6AFD52E2CBE57F66A9"author="Buttiker W & Attiah MD & Pont AC"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467"pagination="352 - 367"refId="ref5459"refString="Buttiker W, Attiah MD, Pont AC (1979) Insects of Saudi Arabia. Diptera: synanthropic flies. Fauna Saudi Arab 1: 352 - 367"type="journal article"year="1979">Büttiker et al. (1979)</bibRefCitation>
and
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. Possible occurrence in countries of Arabic Peninsula. Reliable keys for identification of both species are provided by
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and
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– dorsal part of thorax shiny, with little dusting (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFF05E596E56661A7"box="[248,329,1222,1245]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2c</figureCitation>
); black transverse marginal abdominal bands on abdominal segments III and IV very narrow, up to about a quarter on segment III and usually not more than about one sixth in segment IV (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFF0AE41BE56D6018"box="[247,322,1355,1378]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
); posterior edge of tergite V of female with crevice/incision (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFE5CE43CE5C460F9"box="[417,491,1388,1411]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2d</figureCitation>
11. Third antennal segment wholly dark, blackish-brownish (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFF3AE480E53E609D"box="[199,273,1488,1511]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2e</figureCitation>
); proepimeral seta absent (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFDD7E480E65A609D"box="[554,629,1488,1511]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 1d</figureCitation>
– third antennal segment pale brown-reddish on inner surface (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFE6DE7AAE5F4626B"box="[400,475,1786,1809]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2f</figureCitation>
); proepimeral seta present (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFF0AE64CE5636249"box="[247,332,1820,1843]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">
12. Upper and lower calypters bright, white to yellowish (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFC8CE190E7EB65AD"box="[881,964,192,215]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 1e</figureCitation>
); anterior spiracle yellowish (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFAD4E190E15465AD"box="[1321,1403,192,215]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 1e</figureCitation>
– upper and lower calypters dark brown, especially on rim (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFC34E0D8E03D64E5"box="[969,1042,392,415]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2h</figureCitation>
); anterior spiracle dark brown (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFAA4E0D8E18D64E5"box="[1369,1442,392,415]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2h</figureCitation>
13. One pair of acrostichal setae on postsutural surface of thorax (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFC44E320E7D167FD"box="[953,1022,624,647]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2i</figureCitation>
); abdomen shining blue without dusting; cerci of male genitalia short, surstyli much larger in form of long slightly curved rods (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFB40E3E3E12567B0"box="[1213,1290,691,714]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2j</figureCitation>
– Three pairs of acrostichal setae on postsutural surface of thorax (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFBCEE22AE05266EB"box="[1075,1149,890,913]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2k</figureCitation>
); abdomen shining blue with white dusting; cerci and surstyli almost the same length … 14 (
14. facial ridges, mouth edge, and anterior part of genal dilation yellowish-red (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFB2EE570E108614D"box="[1235,1319,1056,1079]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2l</figureCitation>
); hairs on genal dilation and postgena black (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFB0EE511E1126122"box="[1267,1341,1089,1112]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2l</figureCitation>
); anterior spiracle yellow (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFBC6E532E0BE6103"box="[1083,1169,1122,1145]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2l</figureCitation>
– facial ridges, mouth edge, and anterior part of genal dilation black (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFBCAE43CE0A460F9"box="[1079,1163,1388,1411]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">
); hairs on posterior part of genal dilation and postgena orange (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFAEDE4DDE14D60DE"box="[1296,1378,1421,1444]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFAE9E4FEE15760BF"box="[1300,1400,1454,1477]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFB55E704E1276311"box="[1192,1288,1620,1643]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 3h, i</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFAA7E7E8E18D63B5"box="[1370,1442,1720,1743]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 2n</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFB91E64CE09A6249"box="[1132,1205,1820,1843]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF956F6AFB54E60EE0DD620F"box="[1193,1266,1886,1909]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="4"pageNumber="1467">Fig. 3e</figureCitation>
17. Posterior slope of humeral callus with 6–8 hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FF30E190E50A65AD"box="[205,293,192,215]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
); surface of notopleuron between last notopleural seta and edge of notopleuron with 8–16 hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FEFAE053E57B6460"box="[263,340,259,282]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
); central occipital area with 2–8 setulae (rarely 1) below each inner vertical seta (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FD74E074E6FA6441"box="[649,725,292,315]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3c</figureCitation>
– posterior slope of humeral callus with 0–4 hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FECAE37EE5A7673F"box="[311,392,558,581]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3b</figureCitation>
); surface of notopleuron between last notopleural seta and edge of notopleuron with 2–5 hairs (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FE54E320E5D367FD"box="[425,508,624,647]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3b</figureCitation>
); central occipital area with one setula (rarely 0 or 2) below each inner vertical seta (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FE36E3E3E63267B0"box="[459,541,691,714]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3d</figureCitation>
18. Three pairs of acrostichal setae on postsutural area of thorax (like on
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FE4DE2CBE62666C8"box="[432,521,923,946]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 2k</figureCitation>
); ventral surface of subcostal sclerite without black setulae; palpi brown to black (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FE67E28DE5DD668E"box="[410,498,989,1012]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3f</figureCitation>
– Two pairs of acrostichal setae on postsutural area of thorax; ventral surface of subcostal sclerite with black setulae near apex (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FDFAE5F5E67961C6"box="[519,598,1189,1212]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3e</figureCitation>
); palpi yelloworange (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FEB9E596E5A061A7"box="[324,399,1222,1245]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FE21E458E60E6065"box="[476,545,1288,1311]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3i</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FDF0E41BE6786018"box="[525,599,1355,1378]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3h</figureCitation>
20. Calypters white to light brown, with white at least along the rim of upper calypter (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FE21E4FEE60C60BF"box="[476,547,1454,1477]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3j</figureCitation>
– calypters light brown to brown, with at least the rim of upper calypter brownish (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FD63E7C7E6DC63D4"box="[670,755,1687,1710]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3k</figureCitation>
); tibia of legs orange-brownish; body usually bluish-purple …
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FB52E1CFE0DA65CC"box="[1199,1269,159,182]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3l</figureCitation>
); abdominal segments III and IV with dark marginal band (resembling bands present in
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FB18E1B2E1036583"box="[1253,1324,226,249]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3l</figureCitation>
– lower calypter white, sometimes slightly darkened but never brown (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FBA9E0F9E0B264BA"box="[1108,1181,425,448]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[136,168,153,173]"captionTargetBox="[476,1451,147,1498]"captionTargetId="figure-107@2.[475,1452,146,1499]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. albiceps, basal part of wing, stem vein. b C. vicina, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. c L. caesar, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. d Ch. albiceps, thorax, lateral view. e P. regina, thorax, lateral view. f Ch. pinguis, head, lateral view. g Ch. phaonis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. h Ch. pinguis, thorax, upper, and lower calypters. i Ch. megacephala, thorax, lateral. j Ch. marginalis, wing. k Ch. nigripes, thorax, lateral view. ant spir anterior spiracle, gen dil genal dilation, gr amp great ampulla, kat set katepisternal setae, low cal lower calypter, ps g postgena, up cal upper calypter"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376581"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376581/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 1c</figureCitation>
); abdominal segments III and IV with without dark marginal band … 22
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FB0EE35DE168675E"box="[1267,1351,525,548]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FB52E37EE12E673F"box="[1199,1281,558,581]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FB73E31FE0F3671C"box="[1166,1244,591,614]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3n</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FB07E246E1686657"box="[1274,1351,790,813]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3o</figureCitation>
); surstyli slender, gradually tapered to sharp tip (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FAD3E267E1566634"box="[1326,1401,823,846]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3o</figureCitation>
); female: tergite VI straight in lateral view (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FACAE209E1AE660A"box="[1335,1409,857,880]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="5.[135,167,1516,1536]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetId="figure-1@5.[136,1452,144,1484]"captionTargetPageId="5"captionText="Fig. 3 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a L. sericata, thorax, dorsal view. b L. cuprina, thorax, dorsal view. c L. sericata, head, posterior view. d L. cuprina, head, posterior view. e L. illustris, base of wing, ventral view. f L. silvarum, head, lateral view. g L. ampullacea, head, lateral view. h L. illustris, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. i L. ampullacea, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. j L. ampullacea, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. k L. porphyrina, upper, and lower calypters, lateral view. l L. papuensis, upper and lower calypters, lateral view. m L. caesar, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. n L. caesar, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view.o L. illustris, posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. p L. illustris, ovipositor, VIth tergite, lateral view. bas basicosta, cer cercus, cox str coxopleural streak, ep epandrium, h cal humeral callus, in ver inner vertical seta, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr band marginal band, ntl notopleuron, pal palpus, sb scl subcostal sclerite, sur surstylus, up cal upper calypter, VI ter sixth tergite"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376585"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376585/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 3p</figureCitation>
23. Third antennal segment dark, slightly orange at the base (
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FC8DE570E796614D"box="[880,953,1056,1079]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 2o</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A9BAEC2FF976F68FACBE5F5E1AE61C6"box="[1334,1409,1189,1212]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="3.[136,168,1557,1577]"captionTargetBox="[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetId="figure-1@3.[136,1452,144,1525]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Fig. 2 The Middle Eastern blowflies of forensic importance. a Ch. putoria, view. l C. vicina, head, lateral view. m C. vomitoria, head, lateral view. n anterior part of body, dorsal view. b Ch. putoria, distal part of female H. pulchra, posterior part of thorax, lateral view. o H. ligurriens, head, anabdomen, postero-dorsal view. c Ch. albiceps, anterior part of body, tennae. p H. pulchra, head, antennae. acr set acrostichal setae, ant spir dorsal view. d Ch. albiceps, distal part of female abdomen, posteroanterior spiracle, cer cercus, cr crevice/incision, gen dil genal dilation, III dorsal view. e Ch. albiceps, head, antennae.f Ch. rufifacies, head, antennae. ant third antennal segment, kat ter katatergite, low cal lower calypter, mr g Ch.rufifacies, anterior part of thorax, lateral view. h P. terraenovae, band marginal band, p ep proepimeral seta, ps g postgena, sur surstylus, th thorax, lateral view. i C. mortuorum, thorax, dorsal view.j C. mortuorum, thorax, up upper calypter, V ter / Vth fifth tergite posterior part of abdomen, male genital apparatus. k C. vicina, thorax, dorsal"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11376583"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11376583/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="1469">Fig. 2p</figureCitation>
