Assessing genetic and morphological variation in populations of Eastern European Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Abstract

The population structures of different species of Calliphoridae flies are highly diverse at different locations. We investigated populations of the Eastern European L. sericata using chaetotaxy and eight microsatellite loci. Our results strongly indicate that a panmictic population of L. sericata exists in the area studied, possibly with a high rate of intra-population gene flow. Analysis of chaetotaxy also supports the panmictic population hypothesis.

Keywords

• diptera
• calliphoridae
• lucilia sericata
• forensic entomology
• microsatellite
• population genetic structure
• blowfly