Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
During a forensic entomological study conducted at an oil palm plantation in Tanjung Sepat, Kuala Langat, Selangor, a. Bengalia emarginata Malloch, 1927 (Diptera: Calliphoridae: Calliphorinae: Bengalini) was collected for the first time. Two adults were collected nearby the pig carcass by the first author and identified by the second. Prior to this finding, nine species of Bengalia were recorded from peninsular Malaysia or Borneo. Male of B. emarginata are different from Bengalia varicolor Fabricious by the following characters: Sternite 5 projection rounded with small identation and mid tibia double-fringed in ventral surface.
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
ISSN
0127-5720
Recommended Citation
Chin, H.C.; Kurahashi, H.; Marwi, M.A.; Jeffery, J.; Dhang, C.C.; Zuha, R.M.; and Omar, B., "A new record of Bengalia emarginata Malloch, 1927 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Malaysia" (2008). Research Publications (2006 to 2010). 1296.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2006_2010/1296
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Volume
25
Issue
3