FIRST RECORD OF SOME CARRION FLIES (DIPTERA : CYCLORRHAPHA) FROM INDIA
MEENAKSHI BHARTI *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA - 147002, INDIA.
DEVINDER SINGH *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA - 147002, INDIA.
INDERPAL SINGH SIDHU *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA - 147002, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Three species of Muscidae, Hydrotaea occulta, H. capensis and Atherigona savia, and one of Sarcophagidae, Sarcophaga princeps have been recorded from India for the first time. These species were found to visit rabbit carcasses in different seasons of the year along with various other flies belonging to these families.