STUDYING THE QUANTITATIVE GENITIC rELATIONSHIP AMONG THREE POPULATIONS OF THE OLD WORLD SCREWWORM FLY, Chrysomya bezziana (Vill) (Diptera : Calliphoridae) IN IRAQ BASED ON GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC OF THE WING

Abstract

n this study geometric morphometric system of the wing of the Male and Female third generation in the populations of the Old World Screwworm fly, Chrysomya bezziana (Vill) in some of the northern, medial and southern Iraq parts was used. The mean of the central size of the right wing for the third generation Males was 1246.5, 1116.4, and 1040.8 Mn for samples of the three regions mentioned above, respectively. As the mean of central size of the right wing for the Female third generation of the three regions mentioned above was 1290.9, 1199.9, and 1054.4 Mn respectively. The results of the statistical analysis using a test T and F did not show significant differences in the mean of central size Males and Females of the third generations among the samples of the three studied regions except for one significant difference was found in one of the female southern district samples. The reason for the existence of this moral difference was the insect affected depending on environmental conditions of the three regions that the samples were collected when using analysis of ANOVA.