Prevalence of medical and veterinary important dipterans flies in Diyala province-Iraq

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Fauna of Iraq-Diyala’s Calliphoridae and other Diptera flies of medically and veterinary importance was assessed by collection with hanging up modified baited flytrap.

In this survey sex (6) genera and nine (9) species affiliated to Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae and Fanniidae families.

The species identified were Calliphora vicina (Robineau-Desvoidy 1830), C.

vomitoria (Linnaeus 1758), Pollenia spp.

(Robineau-Desvoidy 1830), Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann 1830), L.

sericata (Meigen 1826), Musca domestica (Linnaeus1758), M.

sorbens (Wiedemann 1830), Muscina stabulans (Fallen 1817), Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus) and Sarcophaga africa (Wiedemann 1824).

The modified fish baited adult flytrap used in this study was serviceable and could be profitable for animals protection and field routine flies sampling to study Calliphoridae and other flies diversity and population dynamics.