1Department of Zoology, Kelkar Education Trust’s V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mithagar Road, Mulund (East), Mumbai400081, Maharashtra, India
2Department of Zoology, Government College of Arts and Science, Aurangabad431004, Maharashtra, India
Identification of forensically important carrion flies is made challenging by the lack of taxonomists and morphological identification keys. The eggs or larvae are difficult to identify morphologically, and in such cases, molecular technique, DNA Barcoding specific to mt (DNA COI) provides a genuine substitute. The mtCOI of two Calliphoridae species,
Molecular identification, Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya. rufifacies, Sarcophaga dux, Forensic, Maggots, Carrion flies, mtDNA
