Preliminary survey and inventory of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in the province of Corrientes, Argentina, with new records of species with forensic importance

Abstract

Este es el primer estudio que presenta un inventario faunístico de Ca- lliphoridae y Sarcophagidae (Diptera) de la provincia de Corrientes, Argentina. El

trabajo se basó en muestreos realizados en diferentes lugares dentro de los Esteros

del Iberá y el Parque Nacional Mburucuyá, en registros bibliográficos, y en el exa- men de material depositado en varias colecciones entomológicas. Se enumeran 17

especies de Calliphoridae y 27 de Sarcophagidae de la provincia de Corrientes.

Veinticinco especies son registradas por primera vez de Corrientes. Cuatro de es- tas, Argoravinia brasiliana (Lopes, 1988), Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830),

Oxyvinia excisa (Lopes, 1950) y Peckia (Euboettcheria) pascoensis (Lopes, 1990),

se registran por primera vez de la Argentina. Además se destaca la relevancia fo- rense y sanitaria de las especies registradas de la provincia.

This is the first study dealing with the diversity and distribution of Ca- lliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) inhabiting the province of Corrientes, Ar- gentina. The work was based on samplings at different locations within the Iberá

Marshes and Mburucuyá National Park, bibliographic records, and the examination of materials deposited in several entomological collections. Seventeen species of

Calliphoridae and 27 of Sarcophagidae were listed. Twenty five species are recor- ded for the first time from Corrientes. Four species, Argoravinia brasiliana (Lopes,

1988), Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830), Oxyvinia excisa (Lopes, 1950) and

Peckia (Euboettcheria) pascoensis (Lopes, 1990), are cited for the first time in Ar- gentina. A list of species recorded with forensic importance is also presented.