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CHEMICAL TAXONOMY: AN APPLICATION TO THE GENUS SARCOPHAGA (DIPTERA: SARCOPHAGIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert P. Bodnaryk
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario

Abstract

Biosynthesis by the larva of the dipeptide β-alanyl-L-tyrosine may be a useful taxonomic criterion for distinguishing members of the genus Sarcophaga. An application of this criterion to a sarcophagid parasite (currently known as Pseudosarcophaga affinis auct. nec Fallén) of controversial taxonomic and nomenclatural history is illustrated.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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