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Blow Fly References - All subjects and areas: Authors H through M

Hagelin, J. C., Perry, M. L., Ewen-Campen, B. S., Sikes, D. S. & Sharbaugh, S. (2010) Habitat type is related to nest mass and fledging success of arctic warblers. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122, 699-705.

Hall, D. G. (1965) Family Calliphoridae. In: A. Stone, C. W. Sabrosky, W. W. Wirth, R. H. Foote & J. R. Coulson (Eds), A catalog of the Diptera of North America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Handbook, Washington, D C, pp. 922-933.

Hall, D. J. (1948) The Blowflies of North America. Lafayette, Indiana: Thomas Say Foundation 477 pp.

Hall, M. & Wall, R. (1995) Myiasis of humans and domestic animals. Advances in Parasitology, Vol 35, 35, 257-334.

Hall, M. J. R. (1995) Trapping the flies that cause myiasis - their responses to host-stimuli. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 89, 333-357.

Hall, M. J. R., Hutchinson, R. A., Farkas, R., Adams, Z. J. O. & Wyatt, N. P. (2003) A comparison of Lucitraps and sticky targets for sampling the blowfly Lucilia sericataMedical and Veterinary Entomology, 17, 280-287.

Hall, M. J. R. & Wall, R. (1995) Myiasis of humans and domestic animals. in J R Baker, R Muller D Rollinson. Advances in parasitology, London 35: 257-334.

Hall, R. D. (1977) The Blow Flies of Virginia. Blacksburg Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Hall, R. D. (1979) The blow flies of Missouri: an annotated checklist (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Transactions, Missouri Academy of Science, 13, 33-36.

Hall, R. D. & Doisy, K. E. (1993) Length of time after death: effect on attraction and oviposition or larviposition of midsummer blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of medicolegal importance in Missouri. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 86, 589-593.

Halstead, J. A. (1988) American dipper nestlings parasitized by blowfly larvae and the northern fowl mite. Wilson Bulletin, 100, 507-508.

Hamerstrom, F. & Hamerstrom, F. (1954) Myiasis of the ears of hawks. Falconry News and Notes, 1, 4-8.

Hannam, K. (2006) Ectoparasitic blow flies (Protocalliphora sp.) and nestling Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis): direct effects and compensatory strategies. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 84, 921-930.

Hanski, I. (1977) Biogeography and ecology of carrion flies in the Canary Islands. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 43, 101-107.

Harterreiten-Souza, E. S. & Pujol-Luz, J. R. (2012) Comparative morphology of the spermathecae of some species of Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy and Cochliomyia Townsend (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56, 54-58.

Harvey, M. L., Gaudieri, S., Dadour, I. R. & Villet, M. H. (2008) A global study of forensically significant calliphorids: Implications for identification. Forensic Sci. Int. Forensic Science International, 177, 66-76.

Harvey, M. L., Mansell, M. W., Villet, M. H. & Dadour, I. R. (2003) Molecular identification of some forensically important blowflies of southern Africa and Australia. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 17, 363-369.

Hauser, C. L., Steiner, A., Holstein, J. & Scoble, M. (2005) A Manual of Best Practices: Results from a study of the European network for biodiversity information. In, Stuttgart, p. 304.

Hayes, E. J., Wall, R. & Smith, K. E. (1998) Measurement of age and population age structure in the blowfly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 44, 895-901.

Heath, A. C. G. & Bishop, D. M. (1989) Calliphoridae, blow flies (Diptera). Technical communication (Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control), 10, 381-386.

Heeb, P., Kolliker, M. & Richner, H. (2000) Bird-ectoparasite interactions, nest humidity and ectoparasite community structure. Ecology, 81, 958-968.

Henning, J., Schnitzler, F. R., Pfeiffer, D. U. & Davies, P. (2005) Influence of weather conditions on fly abundance and its implications for transmission of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus in the North Island of New Zealand. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 19, 251-262.

Henshaw, H. W. (1908) A Parasitic Fly Injurious to Our Native Birds. The Auk, 25, 87-88.

Herbert, P. D. N., Penton, E. H., Burns, J. M., Janzen, D. H. & Hallwachs, W. (2004) Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 14812-14817.

Hicks, E. A. (1959) Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in bird nests. Ames Iowa: The Iowa State College Press.681 pp pp.

Hicks, E. A. (1962) Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in bird nests. Iowa State Journal of Science, 36, 233-344.

Hicks, E. A. (1971) Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in bird nests. Supplement II. Iowa St J Sci, Ames, 46, 122-338.

Hill, D. P. (1998) An apparent case of between-brood sibling competition in Chestnut-collared Longspurs, Calcarius ornatusCanadian Field-Naturalist, 112, 161-163.

Hill, H. M. (1948) Raptorial hosts of ProtocalliphoraCondor, 50, 131.

Hill, H. M. & Work, T. H. (1947) Protocalliphora larvae infesting nestling birds of prey. Condor, 49, 74-75.

Hocking, M. D. & Reimchen, T. E. (2006) Consumption and distribution of salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) nutrients and energy by terrestrial flies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2006 September; 63(9): 2076 2086, 63, 2076-2086.

Holdaway, F. G. (1933) The synonymy and distribution of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macq.) an Australian sheep blowfly. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 24, 549-560.

Holloway, B. A. (1991) Morphological characters to identify adult Lucilia-sericata (Meigen 1826) and Lucilia-cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 18, 415-420.

Horenstein, M. B. & Peretti, A. V. (2011) Environmental conditions influence allometric patterns in the blow fly, Chrysomya albicepsJournal of Insect Science, 11.

Hori, K. & Iwasa, M. (1988) Biology of 2 species of the Protocalliphora (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan - relationship between the occurrence and 3 species of host birds

Applied Entomology and Zoology, 23, 298-303.

Hori, K., Iwasa, M., Izumi, K. & Aoki, A. (1992) Host records of Protocalliphora maruyamensis and P. azurea (Diptera; Calliphoridae) from Japan. Jap. J. Ent., 60, 761-764.

Hori, K., Iwasa, M. & Ogawa, R. (1988) Biology of Protocalliphora in the nests of wild birds, with special reference to Parus majorInsectarium, 11, 364-370.

Hori, K., Iwasa, M. & Ogawa, R. (1990) Biology of 2 species of the Protocalliphora (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan - feeding-behavior of larvae, larval and pupal durations, voltinism and host specificity. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 25, 475-482.

Howe, F. P. (1991) Two new host species for the parasitic blow fly Protocalliphora braueriWilson Bulletin, 103, 520-521.

Howe, F. P. (1992) Effects of Protocalliphora braueri (Diptera, Calliphoridae) parasitism and inclement weather on nestling sage thrashers. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 28, 141-143.

Huijbregts, H. (2002) Nederlandse bromvliegen (Diptera: Calliphoridae), inclusief acht soorten nieuw voor Nederland. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam), 62, 82-89.

Hurtrez-Bousses, S., Blondel, J. & Perret, P. (1998) Chick Parasitism. Ecology Letters, 1, 17-20.

Hurtrez-Bousses, S., Blondel, J., Perret, P. & Renaud, F. (1997) Relationship between intensity of blowfly infestation and reproductive success in a Corsican population of Blue Tits. Journal of Avian Biology, 28, 267-270.

Hurtrez-Bousses, S., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Perret, P., Blondel, J. & Renaud, F. (1999) Variations in prevalence and intensity of blow fly infestations in an insular Mediterranean population of blue tits. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 77, 337-341.

Hurtrez-Bousses, S., Perret, P., Renaud, F. & Blondel, J. (1997) High blowfly parasitic loads affect breeding success in a Mediterranean population of blue tits. Oecologia (Berlin), 112, 514-517.

Hurtrez-Bousses, S., Renaud, F., Blondel, J., Perret, P. & Galan, M.-J. (2000) Effects of ectoparasites of young on parents' behaviour in a Mediterranean population of Blue Tits. Journal of Avian Biology, 31, 266-269.

Imbiriba, A. S., Izutani, D. T., Milhoretto, I. T. & Luz, E. (1977) Introducao Da Chrysomya Chloropyga (Wiedemann, 1818) Na Regiao Neotropical (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Arq Biol Tecnol, 20, 35-39.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1992) Opinion 1670. Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta, Diptera): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 49, 90.

Irwin, A. G. (1975) Calliphora Uralensis Villeneuve (Diptera, Calliphoridae) New to Ireland. Entomology Monthly Magazine, 3, 62.

Ishijima, H. (1967) Revision of the third stage larvae of synanthropic flies of Japan (Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae). Jap J. Sanit. Zool., Tokyo, 18, 47-100.

Ives, A. R. (1991) Aggregation and coexistence in a carrion fly community. Ecological Monographs, 61, 75-94.

Iwasa, M. & Hori, K. (1988) A subcutaneous bird-parasitic blowfly of the genus Trypocalliphora Peus newly recorded from Japan (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Jap.  J. Sanit. Zool., Tokyo, 39, 267-270.

Iwasa, M. & Hori, K. (1990) The calliphorid larvae parasitic on birds in Japan (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 4, 141-146.

Iwasa, M., Hori, K. & Aoki, N. (1995) Fly fauna of bird nests in Hokkaido, Japan (Diptera). Canadian Entomologist, 127, 613-621.

James, M. T. (1947) The flies that cause myiasis in man. U.S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Publ., Washington, 631, 1-175.

James, M. T. (1953) Notes on the distribution, systematic position, and variation of some Calliphorinae, with particular reference to the species of western North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 143-148.

James, M. T. (1955) The blowflies of California. University of California Press, 4, 1-34.

James, M. T. (1962) Insects of Micronesia. Not sure what it is in-need full reference, 13, 108-127.

James, M. T. (1963) Numerical Vs phylogenetic taxonomy. Systematic Zoology, 12, 91-93.

James, M. T. (1964) Diptera from Nepal. The blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bulletin of the British Musuem (Natural History), Entomology, 15, 171-179.

James, M. T. (1966) The blow flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) collected in the Philippine Islands by the Noona Dan expedition. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 463-488.

James, M. T. (1966) The Blow Flies of the Galapagos Islands (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 34, 475-482.

James, M. T. (1967) The Blow Flies of Dominica. Proc Ent Soc Wash, 69.

James, M. T. (1967) Variation in chaetotaxy in Phaenicia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Ann ent Soc Amer, 60, 706.

James, M. T. (1969) A study on the origin of parasitism. Bulletin of the American Entomological Society of America, 15, 251-253.

James, M. T. (1970) A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States: family Calliphoridae. Museu de Zoologica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 102, 1-28.

James, M. T. (1970) A partial revision of the Oriental Isomyia of the Viridaurea group (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 67, 1-14.

James, M. T. (1971) Genus Chrysomya in New Guinea. Pacific Insects, 13, 361-369.

James, M. T. (1971) New species and records of Australasian Calliphorinae, with special reference to the fauna of New Guinea (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Pacific Insects, 13, 1-12.

James, M. T. (1971) Two new species of Phaenicia from the West Indies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 73, 381-385.

James, M. T. (1977) Family Calliphoridae (Vol. 3). Univ Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.526-556 pp.

James, M. T. & Kurahashi, H. (1976) Blow Flies of the Genus Onesia from the Bismarck Islands (Insecta, Diptera, Calliphoridae) [Onesia Brunnipes, New Taxa]. Steenstrupia, 4, 19-22.

James, M. T. & Maslin, T. (1947) Notes on myiasis of the toad, Bufo boreas boreas Baird and Gerard. Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Scientific Jounral Series, 241, 366-368.

Janoskova, V., Orszagh, I., Jamriska, J. & Kopani, M. (2010) Pre-imaginal stages of the blowfly Protocalliphora falcozi in nests of the tree sparrow (Passer montanus). Entomologica Fennica, 21, 107-116.

Jarrett, S., Morgan, J. A. T., Wlodek, B. M., Brown, G. W., Urech, R., Green, P. E., et al. (2010) Specific detection of the Old World screwworm fly, Chrysomya bezziana, in bulk fly trap catches using real-time PCR. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 24, 227-235.

Jellison, W. L. & Philip, C. B. (1933) Faunae of nests of the magpie and crow in western Montana. Canadian Entomologist, 65, 26-31.

Jewiss-Gaines, A., Marshall, S. A. & Whitworth, T. L. (2012) Cluster flies (Calliphoridae: Polleniinae: Pollenia) of North America. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 19, 1-22.

Johnson, C. W. (1913) The dipteran fauna of Bermuda. Ann Ent Soc Amer, 6, 443-452.

Johnson, C. W. (1927) The infestation of bluebirds’ nests by ProtocalliphoraBulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association, 3, 1-3.

Johnson, C. W. (1929) The injury to nestling birds by the larvae of ProtocalliphoraAnnals of the Entomological Society of America, 22, 131-135.

Johnson, C. W. (1930) Notes on Protocalliphora during the summer of 1930. Bird-Banding, 1, 169-173.

Johnson, C. W. (1931) Nestling birds destroyed by the larvae of ProtocalliphoraBulletin of the Boston Society of Natural History, 59, 21-24.

Johnson, C. W. (1931) Notes on Protocalliphora during the summer of 1931. Bird-Banding, 3, 26-29.

Johnson, L. S. (1996) Removal of old nest material from the nesting sites of house wrens: Effects on nest site attractiveness and ectoparasite loads. Journal of Field Ornithology, 67, 212-221.

Johnson, L. S. & Albrecht, D. J. (1993) Effects of hematophagous ectoparasites on nestling house wrens, Troglodytes aedon - who pays the cost of parasitism. Oikos, 66, 255-262.

Johnson, L. S., Eastman, M. D. & Kermott, L. H. (1991) Effect of ectoparasitism by larvae of the blow fly Protocalliphora parorum (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on nestling House Wrens, Troglodytes aedonCanadian Journal of Zoology, 69, 1441-1446.

Jones, N., Whitworth, T. L. & Marshall, S. A. (2019) Blow flies of North America: Keys to the subfamilies and genera of Calliphoridae, and to the species of the subfamilies Calliphorinae, Luciliinae and Chrysomyinae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 1-191.

Joy, J. E., Herrell, M. L. & Rogers, P. C. (2002) Larval fly activity on sunlit versus shaded raccoon carrion in southwestern West Virginia with special reference to the black blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 39, 392-397.

Judd, W. W. (1944) Dipterous larvae parasitic on nestlings of the song sparrow. Canadian Field Naturalist, 57, 146.

Judd, W. W. (1954) Insects collected from birds’ nests at London, Ontario. Canadian Field Naturalist, 68, 122-123.

Judd, W. W. (1957) Diptera (Calliphoridae, Heleidae, and Chloropidae) collected from birds’ nests at London Ontario. Entomological News, 68, 32-34.

Keil, T. (1978) Die Makrochaeten Auf Dem Thorax Von Calliphora Vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (Calliphoridae, Diptera). Feinstruktur Und Morphogenese Eines Epidermalen Insekten-Mechanoreceptors. Zoomorphologie, 90, 151-180.

Kenaga, E. E. (1961) Some insect parasites associated with the eastern bluebird in Michigan. Bird-Banding, 32, 91-94.

Khole, V. (1978) Studies on the population dynamics in larval blowflies (Calliphoridae: Diptera) Chrysomia rufifaciesChrysomia megacephalaLucilia cuprinaSarcophaga ruficornisBiovigyanam.

Khole, V. (1979) Some observations on cannibalism in larval blowflies (Calliphoridae: Diptera) Chrysomia rufifaciesChrysomia megacephalaLucilia cuprinaSarcophaga ruficornisCurrent science

King, B. H. & Skinner, S. W. (1991) Sex ratio in a new species of Nasonia with fully-winged males. Evolution, 45, 225-228.

King, J. C., Dubay, S. A., Huspeni, T. C., VanLanen, A. R. & Gerhold, R. W. (2010) Parasite infections in nestling red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) in northeast Wisconsin. Journal of Parasitology, 96, 535-540.

Kirkpatrick, R. S. & Olson, J. K. (2007) Nocturnal light and temperature influences on necrophagous, carrion-associating blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in central Texas. Southwestern Entomologist 2007 March; 32(1): 31 36, 32, 31-36.

Knipling, E. F. (1936) Some Specific Taxonomic Characters of common Lucilia Larvae-Calliphorinae-Diptera. Iowa St Coll J Sci, 10, 275-389.

Knipling, E. F. (1939) A key for blowfly larvae concerned in wound and cutaneous myiasis. Ann ent Soc Amer, 376-388.

Koskela, P., Itamies, J. & Pasanen, S. (1974) Lucilia Bufonivora Moniez (Diptera, Calliphoridae), a Lethal Parasite in Rana temporaria L. (Anura). Annales Zoologici Fennici, 11, 105-106.

Kosmann, C., Macedo, M. P., Barbosa, T. A. F. & Pujol-Luz, J. R. (2011) Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) and Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) used to estimate the postmortem interval in a forensic case in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 55, 621-623.

Kozlov, M. V. & Terry, W. (2002) Populations densities and diversity of Calliphoridae (Diptera) around a nickle-copper smelter at Monchegorsk, northwest Russia Entomologica Fennica, 13, 98-104.

Kramer, J. P. (1979) Interactions between blow flies Phormia regina, Phaenicia sericata, and Protophormia terraenovae (Calliphoridae) and Entomophthora bullata (Phycomycetes: Entomophthorales). New York Entomological Society, 87, 135-140.

Kraus, F. (2007) Fly parasitism in Papuan frogs, with a discussion of ecological factors influencing evolution of life-history differences. Journal of Natural History, 41, 29-32.

Kruger, R. F., Kirst, F. D. & de Souza, A. S. B. (2010) Rate of development of forensically-important Diptera in southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 54, 624-629.

Kudryavtseva, N. M. (1986) Larval diapause of the Central Asian population of Calliphora vicina R.-D. (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Entomological Review, 65, 49-54.

Kurahashi, H. (1967) Studies on the acalypterate muscoid flies of Japan. V. Revision of the tribe Luciliini (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Sci Rep Kanazawa Univ., 11, 105-124.

Kurahashi, H. (1970) Tribe Calliphorini from Australian and Oriental Regions, I. Melinda A- Group (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Pacific Insects, 12, 519-542.

Kurahashi, H. (1971) The Tribe Calliphorini from Australian and Oriental Regions. II. Calliphora-Group (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Pacific Insects, 13, 141-204.

Kurahashi, H. (1972) Tribe Calliphorini from Australian and Oriental Regions, Iii. A New Calliphora from Phoenix Island, with an Establishment of a New Subgenus (Diptera: Calliphoridae). [Oceanocalliphora]. Pacific Insects, 14, 435-438.

Kurahashi, H. (1977) The tribe Luciliini from Australian and Oriental Regions. I. Genus Hypopygiopsis Townsend (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Kontyu, 45, 553-562.

Kurahashi, H. (1979) Two new species of the Philippine blow-flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Kontyu, 47, 376-380.

Kurahashi, H. (1981) Blow flies from fiji with descriptions of 3 new species of the genus Onesia Diptera Calliphoridae. Pacific Insects, 23, 434-444.

Kurahashi, H. (1982) Blow flies from Vanuatu New-Hebrides with descriptions of 3 new species of the genus Onesia Diptera Calliphoridae. Pacific Insects, 24, 235-249.

Kurahashi, H. (1986) Blow flies of medical importance in New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville Island (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Part 1. Genera CalliphoraTainaninaPollenopsis, and MelindaEsakia, 24, 5-18.

Kurahashi, H. (1987) Blow flies of medical importance in Taiwan (Diptera: Calliphoridae) 1. Tribes Calliphorini and Luciliini. Sieboldia, 47-59.

Kurahashi, H. (1987) The blow flies of New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville Island (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Occasional Publications, Entomological Society of Japan, 99pp.

Kurahashi, H. (1988) A new species of Lucilia (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Sulawesi. Kontyu, 56, 144-147.

Kurahashi, H. (1989) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions

Family Calliphoridae, in Evenhuis, N L (ed) Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 702-718.

Kurahashi, H. (1989) The genus Phumosia of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Japan Journal of Sanitation Zoology, 40, 203-210.

Kurahashi, H. (1989) New record of Phumosia coomani (Seguy), N. comb. (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Japan. Japan Journal of Entomology, 57, 318.

Kurahashi, H. (1989) New species of the genus Onesia (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Sri Lanka. Japan Journal of Entomology, 57, 391-397.

Kurahashi, H. (1989) Two new species of Euphumosia from Papua New Guinea (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 84, 297-302.

Kurahashi, H. (1991) Blow flies from Samoa with description of a new species of Chrysomya (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Japanese Journal of Entomology, 59, 627-636.

Kurahashi, H. (1993) Japanese species of the ornithoparasitic blow flies: Protocalliphora and Trypocalliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae). New Entomol., 42, 8-15.

Kurahashi, H. (1998) Lucilia bazini Seguy, newly recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Medical Entomology and Zoology, 49, 231-232.

Kurahashi, H. (2003) Blow flies from the Solomon Islands, with description of a new species (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 9, 277-289.

Kurahashi, H. (2003) Blow flies recorded from Irian Jaya, Indonesia, with description of one new species (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 9, 127-134.

Kurahashi, H. (2004) Calyptrate [calyptrate] muscoid flies collected on remote islands in Japan. 1. Hana Abu, 18, 31-32.

Kurahashi, H. & Banu, Q. (1989) Notes on the Bangladesh calliphorid flies of medical importance (Insecta: Diptera). Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 40, 97-111.

Kurahashi, H., Benjaphong, N. & Omar, B. (1997) Blow flies (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Malaysia and Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 1-88.

Kurahashi, H. & Chowanadisal, L. (2001) Blow flies (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae. Species Diversity, 6, 185-242.

Kurahashi, H. & Fauran, P. (1980) Blow flies from New Caledonia, with description of Onesia gonideci, new species (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Pacific Insects, 22, 401-412.

Kurahashi, H. & Kano, R. (1995) A new luciliine blow fly (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Taiwan. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology 1995 28 March; 4: 487 490, 4, 487-490.

Kurahashi, H., Mihara, M. & Takahashi, E. (1988) New record of Pollenia varia (Meigen) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Japan. Kontyu Tokyo, 56, 240.

Kurahashi, H. & Mohammad, A. (2002) The blow flies recorded from Pakistan, with the description of one new species (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Medical Entomology and Zoology, 53, 213-230.

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