Cynomyopsis cadaverina

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Cynomyopsis cadaverina

• Slides 2 through 5 are adults reared from 3rd
  instars collected from a Canadian goose carcass
  found at Beech Fork Lake (Wayne Co., WV). Larvae
  placed in 3 styrofoam cups (6 larvae each cup)
  filled with 5 cm sand/earth mixture on 22 Oct
  06. Initial adult emergence on 30 Oct (at room
  temperature). Additional emergence occurred on 31
  Oct, 1 2 Nov. One female adult emerged in each
  of above dates except 31 Oct when 2 females were
  found. On 10 Nov one more adult emerged a male.

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Condition of carcass when first found on 22 Oct
06. Carcass was approximately 1.5 meters from
waters edge at swimming area.
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Cynomyopsis cadaverina, female.
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Lower squama C. cadaverina (A) vs. P. regina
(B).Note row of setae and absence of setae
(arrows).
A
B
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Cynomyopsis cadaverina female an, antenna ar,
arista c, clypeus ce, compound eye e,
epistoma fb, frontal bristle iv, inner vertex
bristle o, ocellus ob, ocular bristle ot,
ocellar triangle ov, outer vertex bristle p,
palp pf, proclinate fronto-orbital rf,
reclinate fronto-orbital.
ce
iv
o
ob
ov
ce
rf
ot
an
pf
fb
c
e
an
p
ar
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Cynomyopsis cadaverina, female.
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Cynomyopsis cadaverina (A) compared with
Calliphora vomitoria (B). Both specimens are
females. Note orange beard (arrow)
characteristic for latter species.
A
B
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Cynomyopsis cadaverina, female. a, arista l,
labellum with pseudotrachae h, haustellumr,
rostrum.
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l