Effect of XXXX on the development of three species of Chrysomya (Diptera:Calliphoridae), flies of forensic importance in Brazil.

@entity19658 @entity134 @entity1017 @entity11330 @entity51502 @entity204 @entity734
Necrophagous insects are valuable tools for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation or for determining the cause of @entity204 . Due to the increase in deaths related to @entity734 , it is crucial to know how these substances affect the development of flies that feed on corpses, to avoid errors in the PMI estimates. This study evaluated the effect of @entity11330 , an anabolic androgenic @entity134 , on the development ofimmatures of Chrysomya megacephala (F.), @entity51502 (Wiedemann), and Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera:Calliphoridae) when added to an artificial rearing diet. Four experimental groups were delineated: three of them were given diets containing 4.5, 22.5, or 45 mg/kg @entity11330 ; and a drug-free control group. Weights were recorded at 12-h intervals from larval eclosion to pupation. No statistically significant differences were observed in mean larval weights, emergence interval, or emergence rates for all groups. However, differences in the three species were observed during the larval development. Initially, @entity51502 reared in the highest concentration of decanoate showed greater @entity1017 . However, at older ages, immatures reached lower mean weights than the control group. For C. albiceps, the highest concentration of @entity19658 contributed to an effective lack of @entity1017 during almost the entire course of larval development. Therefore, the influence of any drug on development should always be considered.
