Morphology, biology and molecular characterisation of the endemic Canary Islands blowfly Calliphora splendens Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
2024
Martínez-Sánchez, Anabel | Szpila, Krzysztof | Villet, Martin H. | Ståhls, Gunilla | Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna | Velásquez Zambrano, Yelitza | Parrott, Jonathan J. | Rojo, Santos | Martínez-Sánchez, Anabel | Rojo, Santos | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales | Bionomía, Sistemática e Investigación Aplicada de Insectos (BIONOMIA)
The Canary Islands are an excellent natural laboratory for understanding ecological and evolutionary processes such as biogeographical colonisation. The morphology of the larva, puparium and adult of the endemic Canarian copper fly, Calliphora splendens, is described, illustrated and contrasted with those of the other species of Calliphora that occur in Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia. Partial cytochrome oxidase I sequences show a connection between C. splendens, Calliphora vicina, Calliphora loewi and Calliphora croceipalpis, but more distant relationship with Calliphora vomitoria. Calliphora splendens produced unisexual offspring in captivity. This work confirms the relict character of the Canarian copper fly associated with the endemic laurel forest habitat.
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]The University of Alicante (Spain) and Horizon 2020 (RISE-Programme) provided scientific support for the research (Vicerrectorado de Investigación—UAUSTI23-14). This research also received support from the FlyHigh—Insect-plant relationships: insights into biodiversity and new applications (project number 645636). Rhodes University (South Africa) funded MHV.
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