Dhang Chen Chee, Heo Chong Chin, McAlpine David, Kurahashi Hiromu, Ahmad Nazni Wasi, Mohamad Abdullah Marwi, Jeffery John, Lim Lee Han, Omar Baharudin, Sofian-Azirun Mohd
Medical Entomology Unit, WHO Collaborating Center for Vectors, Infectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Trop Biomed. 2008 Dec;25(3):264-6.
Signal fly, Scholastes sp. (Diptera: Platystomatidae) was observed associated with animal carcasses in Malaysia. The first observation was on a monkey carcass, which was killed by using a handgun and immediately placed in a forested area in Gombak, Selangor while the second observation was on a pig that died of natural causes and whose carcass was placed in an oil palm plantation in Tanjung Sepat, Selangor. Both animal carcasses were visited by Scholastes sp. flies during the fresh decomposition period. However, the role Scholastes flies in the decomposition process remains unknown. In this paper, we report the occurrence of Scholastes sp. on animal carcasses in Malaysia for the first time.
信号蝇，Scholastes sp.（双翅目：扁口蝇科）在马来西亚被观察到与动物尸体有关。首次观察是在一具猴子尸体上，这只猴子被手枪射杀后立即被放置在雪兰莪州贡巴克的一片林区，而第二次观察是在一头自然死亡的猪身上，其尸体被放置在雪兰莪州丹绒士拔的一个油棕种植园。在新鲜分解期，Scholastes sp.苍蝇都光顾了这两具动物尸体。然而，Scholastes苍蝇在分解过程中的作用仍然未知。在本文中，我们首次报告了Scholastes sp.在马来西亚动物尸体上的出现情况。
