Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran
Synanthropic flies are essential in transmitting various pathogens, producing myiasis, and their application in forensic entomology. The main objective of this study was to identify the medically important flies in the hospital grounds of Tehran. The sampling process for this cross-sectional study w...
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| author | Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou Mansoureh Shayeghi Hassan Vatandoust Arman Izadian Zahra Karimi Kamran Akbarzadeh |
| author_facet | Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou Mansoureh Shayeghi Hassan Vatandoust Arman Izadian Zahra Karimi Kamran Akbarzadeh |
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| description | Synanthropic flies are essential in transmitting various pathogens, producing myiasis, and their application in forensic entomology. The main objective of this study was to identify the medically important flies in the hospital grounds of Tehran. The sampling process for this cross-sectional study was carried out every two weeks on the grounds of four hospitals in Tehran, using bottle traps and insect nets from March 2020 to February 2021. The population data has been transformed by calculating square root due to huge variations among community data, and data was analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis test to estimate the temporal and spatial variation. A total of 18,613 adult flies were collected and 18 species were identified. These flies belonged to four families: Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, and Fanniidae. The most common species in each family were Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, Muscina stabulans Fallen, Sarcophaga Africa Wiedemann, and Fannia canicularis L., respectively. Temporal variations showed that C. vicina had different seasonal activity, with peaks in colder months, while Lucilia sericata Meigen, Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann), and dominant species of Sarcophagidae peaked in mid-summer. Spatial distribution analysis revealed overall unity in collecting all three species of Calliphoridae in all hospital environments. The same status was observed for Muscidae and Fanniidae. The dominant species in all species of the family Sarcophagidae were active during warmer months. Sarcophaga nigriventris Meigen, 1826 is reported for the first time for Iranian fauna. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45cc89b7f290408697c3a48abdea48652025-02-02T21:42:00ZengEntomological Society of Iranنامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران0259-99962783-39682025-01-014519710610.61186/jesi.45.1.8132646Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, IranAbbas Ali Mirzakhanlou0Mansoureh Shayeghi1Hassan Vatandoust2Arman Izadian3Zahra Karimi4Kamran Akbarzadeh5Department of Biology and Disease Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biology and Disease Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biology and Disease Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biology and Disease Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biology and Disease Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biology and Disease Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSynanthropic flies are essential in transmitting various pathogens, producing myiasis, and their application in forensic entomology. The main objective of this study was to identify the medically important flies in the hospital grounds of Tehran. The sampling process for this cross-sectional study was carried out every two weeks on the grounds of four hospitals in Tehran, using bottle traps and insect nets from March 2020 to February 2021. The population data has been transformed by calculating square root due to huge variations among community data, and data was analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis test to estimate the temporal and spatial variation. A total of 18,613 adult flies were collected and 18 species were identified. These flies belonged to four families: Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, and Fanniidae. The most common species in each family were Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, Muscina stabulans Fallen, Sarcophaga Africa Wiedemann, and Fannia canicularis L., respectively. Temporal variations showed that C. vicina had different seasonal activity, with peaks in colder months, while Lucilia sericata Meigen, Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann), and dominant species of Sarcophagidae peaked in mid-summer. Spatial distribution analysis revealed overall unity in collecting all three species of Calliphoridae in all hospital environments. The same status was observed for Muscidae and Fanniidae. The dominant species in all species of the family Sarcophagidae were active during warmer months. Sarcophaga nigriventris Meigen, 1826 is reported for the first time for Iranian fauna.https://jesi.areeo.ac.ir/article_132646_98d9c54a34603aa91a68fc1c485b4584.pdfnosocomial myiasisforensic entomologyadult fly trap |
| spellingShingle | Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou Mansoureh Shayeghi Hassan Vatandoust Arman Izadian Zahra Karimi Kamran Akbarzadeh Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران nosocomial myiasis forensic entomology adult fly trap |
| title | Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran |
| title_full | Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran |
| title_short | Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran |
| title_sort | species diversity of saprophagous flies diptera in hospital grounds of tehran iran |
| topic | nosocomial myiasis forensic entomology adult fly trap |
| url | https://jesi.areeo.ac.ir/article_132646_98d9c54a34603aa91a68fc1c485b4584.pdf |
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