High Genetic Diversity and No Population Structure of the New World Screwworm Fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on a Microgeographic Scale: Implications for Management Units

• Published in: Journal of economic entomology Vol. 111; no. 5; pp. 2476 - 2482
• Main Authors: Bergamo, Luana W, Fresia, Pablo, Lyra, Mariana L, Azeredo-Espin, Ana Maria L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Entomological Society of America 26.09.2018; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal husbandry; Beef cattle; Biodiversity; Blowflies; Brazil; Calliphoridae; Caribbean; Central America; Cochliomyia hominivorax; control program; Control programs; Diptera; DNA; Farms; Genetic diversity; genetic markers; Genetic variability; genetic variation; Livestock; Livestock breeding; local population scale; Management; management unit; microsatellite repeats; mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Natural populations; North America; Nucleotide sequence; Pest control; pests; Population; Population genetics; Population growth; Population structure; Population studies; South America; sterile insect technique; Sterilized organisms; Uruguay; VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY; South America; Brazil; Central America; Caribbean; Uruguay; North America; South America; genetic diversity; control program; management unit; local population scale
• ISSN: 0022-0493; 1938-291X; 1938-291X
• DOI: 10.1093/jee/toy171

The New World screwworm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is an important livestock pest endemic to the Americas that has been eradicated from North and continental Central America with a control program based on the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). The establishme...