A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil
Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:233b33fcc8d24a3da9056a27389b3bf1 2023-05-15T15:07:50+02:00 A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil LML Carvalho PJ Thyssen AX Linhares FAB Palhares 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762000000100023 https://doaj.org/article/233b33fcc8d24a3da9056a27389b3bf1 EN eng Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000100023 https://doaj.org/toc/0074-0276 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-8060 doi:10.1590/S0074-02762000000100023 0074-0276 1678-8060 https://doaj.org/article/233b33fcc8d24a3da9056a27389b3bf1 Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., Vol 95, Iss 1, Pp 135-138 (2000) forensic entomology Diptera Coleoptera carrion insects decomposition death time Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Microbiology QR1-502 article 2000 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762000000100023 2023-01-08T01:30:36Z Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses exposed to natural conditions in an urban forest (Santa Genebra Reservation), located in Campinas, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, 4 out of 36 families of insects collected - Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae (Diptera) and Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - were considered of forensic importance, because several species were collected in large numbers both visiting and breeding in pig carcasses. Several species were also observed and collected on human corpses at the Institute of Legal Medicine. The species belonged to 17 different families, 6 being of forensic importance because they were reared from human corpses or pig carcasses: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Piophilidae (Diptera), Dermestidae, Silphidae and Cleridae (Coleoptera). The most important species were: Diptera - Chrysomya albiceps, Chrysomya putoria, Hemilucilia segmentaria, Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Calliphoridae), Pattonella intermutans (Sarcophagidae), Ophyra chalcogaster (Muscidae), Piophila casei (Piophilidae); Coleoptera - Dermestes maculatus (Dermestidae), Oxyletrum disciolle (Silphidae) and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 95 1 135 138 |
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Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses exposed to natural conditions in an urban forest (Santa Genebra Reservation), located in Campinas, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, 4 out of 36 families of insects collected - Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae (Diptera) and Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - were considered of forensic importance, because several species were collected in large numbers both visiting and breeding in pig carcasses. Several species were also observed and collected on human corpses at the Institute of Legal Medicine. The species belonged to 17 different families, 6 being of forensic importance because they were reared from human corpses or pig carcasses: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Piophilidae (Diptera), Dermestidae, Silphidae and Cleridae (Coleoptera). The most important species were: Diptera - Chrysomya albiceps, Chrysomya putoria, Hemilucilia segmentaria, Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Calliphoridae), Pattonella intermutans (Sarcophagidae), Ophyra chalcogaster (Muscidae), Piophila casei (Piophilidae); Coleoptera - Dermestes maculatus (Dermestidae), Oxyletrum disciolle (Silphidae) and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae). |
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A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil |
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A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil |
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A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil |
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A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil |
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A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil |
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