DNA barcoding of Indian species of genus Lucilia (Dip., Calliphoridae) with two new country records
نویسندگان
1 Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
2 Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
doi
10.22034/jesi.46.1.4چکیده
Lucilia is a genus of flies causing myiasis and breeding in carrion making them a group of medical, veterinary and forensic importance. From India, the genus is represented by 8 species so far. Herein, we have reported two new records for the country (Lucilia bismarckensis Kurahashi and Lucilia silvarum (Meigen)) and provided an identification key to the known Indian species of the genus Lucilia. Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) sequences for three Indian species were generated and analyzed along with seven publicly available sequences retrieved from the GenBank, using Maximum Likelihood analysis. We found that COI could be used as a reliable marker for DNA based identification of the group as the species in question showed enough interspecific divergence and formed well supported clades.
