Blowfly and Mite Publications

Wall, R. & Stevens, J. (1990). The turn of the screw-worm. New Scientist 1720: 54-57.

Stevens, J. & Wall, R. (1995). The use of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis for studies of genetic variation in populations of the blowfly Lucilia sericata in southern England. Bull. Ent. Res. 85: 549-555.

Stevens, J. & Wall, R. (1996). Classification of the genus Lucilia (Diptera: Calliphoridae): a preliminary parsimony analysis. Journal of Natural History 30: 1087-1094.

Stevens, J. & Wall, R. (1996). Species, sub-species and hybrid populations of the blowflies Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: B 263: 1335-1341.

Stevens, J. & Wall, R. (1997). Genetic variation in populations of the blowflies Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata: random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 25: 81-97.

Stevens, J. & Wall, R. (1997). The evolution of ectoparasitism in the genus Lucilia (Diptera: Calliphoridae). International Journal for Parasitology 27: 51-59.

Stevens, J. & Wall, R. (2001). Genetic relationships between blowflies (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance. Forensic Science International 120 (1-2): 116­123.

Otranto, D. & Stevens, J. R. (2002) Molecular approaches to the study of myiasis-causing larvae. International Journal for Parasitology 32: 1345-1360. [pdf available on request]

Stevens, J.R., Wall, R. & Wells, J. (2002). Paraphyly in Hawaiian hybrid blowfly populations and the evolutionary history of anthropophilic species. Insect Molecular Biology 11: 141-148. [pdf available on request]

Otranto, D., Traversa, D., Tarsitano, E. & Stevens, J. (2003) Molecular differentiation of Hypoderma bovis and Hypoderma lineatum (Diptera, Oestridae) by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Veterinary Parasitology, 112: 197-201.

Otranto, D., Traversa, D., Guida, B., Tarsitano, E., Fiorente, P. & Stevens, J.R. (2003) Molecular characterization of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene of Oestridae species causing obligate myiasis. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 17: 307-315.

Stevens, J.R. (2003) The evolution of myiasis in blowflies (Calliphoridae). International Journal for Parasitology, 33: (10) 1105-1113. [pdf available on request]

Evans L.M., Dawson D.A., Wall R., Burke T. & Stevens J. (2003) Isolation of Psoroptes scab mite microsatellitemarkers (Acari: Psoroptidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 3: 420-424. [pdf available on request]

Otranto, D., Coldwell, D.D., Traversa, D. & Stevens, J.R. (2003) Species identification of Hypoderma affecting domestic and wild ruminants by morphological and molecular characterization. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 17: 316-325. [pdf available on request]

Kerridge, A., Lappin-Scott, H. and Stevens, J.R. (2005) Antibacterial properties of larval secretions of the blowfly, Lucilia sericata. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 19: 333–337. [pdf available on request]

Otranto, D., Traversa, D., Milillo, P., De Luca, F. and Stevens, J. (2005) Utility of mitochondrial and ribosomal genes for differentiation and phylogenesis of species of gastrointestinal bot flies. J. Econ. Entomol., 98 (6): 2235–2245.

Pegler, K.R., L. Evans, J.R. Stevens and R. Wall (2005) Morphological and molecular comparison of host-derived populations of parasitic Psoroptes mites. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 19: 392-403. [pdf available on request]

Stevens, J.R. and Wallman, J.F. (2006) The evolution of myiasis in humans and other animals in the Old and New Worlds (part I): phylogenetic analyses. Trends in Parasitology, 22 (3): 129-136. [pdf available on request]

Stevens, J.R., Wallman, J.F., Otranto, D., Wall, R. and Pape, T. (2006) The evolution of myiasis in humans and other animals in the Old and New Worlds (part II): biological and life-history studies. Trends in Parasitology, 22 (4): 181-188. [pdf available on request]

Hartley, C.J., R.D. Newcomb, R.J. Russell, C.G. Yong, J.R. Stevens, D.K. Yeates, J. La Salle and J.G. Oakeshott (2006) Amplification of DNA from preserved specimens shows blowflies were preadapted for the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 103 (23): 8757-8762.

Stevens, J.R., West, H. and Wall, R. (2008) Mitochondrial genomes of the sheep blowfly, Lucilia sericata, and the secondary blowfly, Chrysomya megacephala.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22: 89-91.

Colwell, D. D., Otranto, D. and Stevens, J. R. (2009) Oestrid flies: eradication and extinction versus biodiversity.  Trends in Parasitology, 25 (11): 500-504.

Griffiths, A.M., Evans, L. M. and Stevens, J.R. (2009) Characterisation and utilisation of microsatellite loci in the New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22 (Suppl. 1): 8-13.

McDonagh, L., García, R. and Stevens, J.R. (2009) Phylogenetic analysis of New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax, suggests genetic isolation of some Caribbean island populations following colonisation from South America.  Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22 (Suppl. 1): 14-22.