Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism

The occurrence of colour polymorphism in wild populations of the necrophagous fly Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae) is recorded but never treated in detail. The present paper shows that there is a seasonal distribution in the morphotypes, with the dark morphs emerging in spring and pale mo...

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Autores: Martín Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5626-5441, Baz Ramos, Arturo|||0000-0002-6750-2940
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/63203
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/63203
https://dx.doi.org/10.14411/eje.2011.031
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Palabra clave:Melanism
Seasonal polymorphism
Piophilidae
Prochyliza nigrimana
Zoología
Zoology
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spelling Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphismMartín Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5626-5441Baz Ramos, Arturo|||0000-0002-6750-2940MelanismSeasonal polymorphismPiophilidaeProchyliza nigrimanaZoologíaZoologyThe occurrence of colour polymorphism in wild populations of the necrophagous fly Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae) is recorded but never treated in detail. The present paper shows that there is a seasonal distribution in the morphotypes, with the dark morphs emerging in spring and pale morphs emerging later and most abundant in summer. Furthermore, different proportions of each morph occur along altitudinal gradients, with dark morphs significantly more abundant at low altitudes, where mean temperatures are warmer than at high altitudes where the pale coloured morphs were more abundant. Explanations based on the adaptive value of thermal melanism are discussed.Institute of Entomology20112011-04-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/63203https://dx.doi.org/10.14411/eje.2011.031reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/632032026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
title Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
spellingShingle Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
Martín Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5626-5441
Melanism
Seasonal polymorphism
Piophilidae
Prochyliza nigrimana
Zoología
Zoology
title_short Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
title_full Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
title_fullStr Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
title_full_unstemmed Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
title_sort Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): a case of seasonal polymorphism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martín Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5626-5441
Baz Ramos, Arturo|||0000-0002-6750-2940
author Martín Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5626-5441
author_facet Martín Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5626-5441
Baz Ramos, Arturo|||0000-0002-6750-2940
author_role author
author2 Baz Ramos, Arturo|||0000-0002-6750-2940
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Melanism
Seasonal polymorphism
Piophilidae
Prochyliza nigrimana
Zoología
Zoology
topic Melanism
Seasonal polymorphism
Piophilidae
Prochyliza nigrimana
Zoología
Zoology
description The occurrence of colour polymorphism in wild populations of the necrophagous fly Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae) is recorded but never treated in detail. The present paper shows that there is a seasonal distribution in the morphotypes, with the dark morphs emerging in spring and pale morphs emerging later and most abundant in summer. Furthermore, different proportions of each morph occur along altitudinal gradients, with dark morphs significantly more abundant at low altitudes, where mean temperatures are warmer than at high altitudes where the pale coloured morphs were more abundant. Explanations based on the adaptive value of thermal melanism are discussed.
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