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dc.contributor.editor | Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand | |
dc.contributor.upauthor | Braack, L.E.O. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-19T06:26:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-19T06:26:47Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013 | |
dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Chrysomya megacephala, also known as the Oriental latrine fly, is indigenous to south-east Asia. During the 1970's it successfully invaded Africa and South America, and more recently during the 1980's also established itself in the United States of America. Although the first specimens from South Arica were collected from the south-western Cape Province in 1978, no published data appears to exist on its subsequent spread or status in southern Africa. During May 1991 a specimen of C. megacephala was incidentally captured near Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa, which prompted re-examination of blow-flies captured in the Kruger National Park during 1984. In this way it was found that C. megacephala was already well established in the south-eastern Transvaal by mid-1984. Adult C. megacephala can easily be confused with C. bezziana and medical/veterinary entomologists and veterinarians should take note of the existence of this species and the fact that it is probably widespread throughout southern Africa at this state. | en |
dc.description.librarian | mn2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Braack, LEO 1991, 'Spread in South Africa of the Oriental latrine fly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), an introduced species closely resembling Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve ’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 311-312. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41436 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. | en |
dc.rights | ©South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services. ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
dc.title | Spread in South Africa of the Oriental latrine fly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), an introduced species closely resembling Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve | en |
dc.type | Article | en |