Detailed Record for Lucilia sericata

Common Name: Common green bottle fly

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Diptera / Family Calliphoridae / Genus Lucilia

C-value (pg): 0.69

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila virilis = 0.34pg

References:
Picard, C.J., J.S. Johnston, and A.M. Tarone (2012). Genome sizes of forensically relevant Diptera. Journal of Medical Entomology 49: 192-197.

Other records available for this species:

Lucilia sericata = 0.93 (pg)

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