First report of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from a human corpse in the U.S.A. and a new state geographic record based on specimen genotype.

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Carrion flies in the taxonomic family Sarcophagidae are often recovered from a human corpse. However, because such specimens are difficult to identify, the forensic literature on this taxon is quite limited compared with that of the commonly employed Calliphoridae. Faced with a sarcophagid larva that could not be identified microscopically from a death investigation in the state of Idaho, we generated cytochrome...

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