OCCURANCE OF ADULT MUSCID FLIES ON STICKY TRAPS IN SOME IRAQI PROVINCES | ||
| Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 1-9 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. S. Abdul-Rassoul; Hayder B. Ali; Razzaq SH. Augul; H.H. Al-Saffar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Muscid flies Musca domestica L., M. biseta Hough, M. crassirostris Stein, M. sorbens Wied., Muscina stabulans (Fallen), Atherigona orientalis Schiner, Atherigona sp. and Limnophora quaterna (Loew) were captured by using yellow sticky traps from different provinces of Iraq during November 2010. The results showed the highest percentage of all collected species were recorded in Babylon (48.33%), while the lowest percentage was observed in Baghdad (4.88%). Musca domestica was the predominant species and was ranked first in overall prevalence in all provinces studies, while M. biseta was the lowest abundant species. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Muscid flies Musca domestica L; biseta Hough; crassirostris Stein; sorbens Wied; Muscina stabulans; Atherigona orientalis Schiner; Atherigona sp; and Limnophora quaterna | ||
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