Insects found on a human cadaver in central Italy including the blowfly Calliphora loewi (Diptera, Calliphoridae), a new species of forensic interest.
Forensic Sci Int
; 207(1-3): e30-3, 2011 Apr 15.
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| ID: mdl-21282022
In the case of unidentified bodies the estimation of the period since death or of the season of death plays an important role to focus the attention on a reduced number of people among the ones reported missing. Forensic entomology can be one of the most important methods for these estimations, as occurred in this case. Flies are typically the first insects to colonize a dead body. The case reported here concerns the colonisation by insects of a male body in advanced decay found during the winter in Central Italy. This case is of particular interest as few data are available on the entomological evidence in the cold season. In particular, in this case we recovered Calliphora loewi (Calliphoridae), a species never collected before on dead bodies in Southern Europe. Larvae of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (Stratiomyidae), pupae and larvae belonging to genus Hydrothea (Muscidae), and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae) specimens were also collected. The estimated PMI enabled identification of the cadaver, confirmed by DNA analysis.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mudanças Depois da Morte
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Dípteros
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Comportamento Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article