Bambaradeniya Y Tharindu B, Karunaratne W A Inoka P, Tomberlin Jeffery K, Goonerathne Induwara, Kotakadeniya Rasika B
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX.
J Med Entomol. 2018 Feb 28;55(2):285-291. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjx211.
Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann; Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a facultative ecto-parasitic fly, distributed throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. This blow fly species is of medical, veterinary, and forensic importance due to it being used in maggot debridement therapy (MDT), a causative agent of myiasis, and a decomposer of vertebrate carrion. The current study examined the combined effects of temperature and tissue type on the development of L. cuprina. Specimens were reared on three tissue types; swine muscle, swine liver, and bovine muscle at 20°C, 25°C, 27°C, and 38°C. The optimum condition for L. cuprina development was for immatures reared on bovine muscle (287.4 h) followed by those reared on swine muscle (288.0 h) and swine liver (288.4 h) at 27°C. The minimum temperature threshold of L. cuprina was deduced to be 14°C. No significant differences in larval width and length over time were determined for the tissue type.
铜绿蝇（维德曼；双翅目：丽蝇科）是一种兼性体外寄生蝇，分布于世界各地的温带和亚热带地区。这种丽蝇因其在蛆虫清创疗法（MDT）中的应用、蝇蛆病的病原体以及脊椎动物腐肉的分解者而具有医学、兽医和法医重要性。当前的研究考察了温度和组织类型对铜绿蝇发育的综合影响。将样本置于三种组织类型上饲养；猪肌肉、猪肝和牛肌肉，温度分别为20°C、25°C、27°C和38°C。铜绿蝇发育的最佳条件是在27°C下，幼虫在牛肌肉上饲养（287.4小时），其次是在猪肌肉上饲养（288.0小时）和猪肝上饲养（288.4小时）。推断铜绿蝇的最低温度阈值为14°C。未确定不同组织类型的幼虫宽度和长度随时间有显著差异。
