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VOL. 6, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Morphological and molecular identification of screwworm fly in Jeddah city: Genus Chrysomya (Calliphoridae)
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Mohammad M E Al-jameeli, Khalid M Al-Ghamdi, Jazem A Mahyoub, Somia E Sharawi, Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
Abstract
Genus cChrysomya plays a very important role in the forensic entomology. Chrysomya belongs to family Calliphoridae and subfamily Chrysomynae. Calliphoridae distributed and found in all geographical areas of the world. In the present study, two very important Chrysomya species C. albiceps and C. marginalis were collected from different areas of Jeddah and identifies using morphological and molecular identifications. In our study for the morphological, dissecting microscope was used, and our results showed similarities with other studies. Mitochondrial cytochrome-c Oxidase-I (COX-1) gene was used for the molecular identification in this study to examine sequences polymorphism in between the collected bluefly samples. The resulting comparative molecular data set did not show any substitutions and thus revealed no information regarding biogeographic relationships. Building upon findings of our research, more morpholigican and molecular studies needed on different stages of chrysomya from different regions of Saudi Arabia.
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Pages:114-123
How to cite this article:
Mohammad M E Al-jameeli, Khalid M Al-Ghamdi, Jazem A Mahyoub, Somia E Sharawi, Abdullah Al-Ghamdi "Morphological and molecular identification of screwworm fly in Jeddah city: Genus <em>Chrysomya</em> (Calliphoridae) ". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 6, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 114-123
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