Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) and Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) used to estimate the postmortem interval in a forensic case in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kosmann, Cecília; Macedo, Marcos Patrício; Barbosa, Thiago Assis Franco; Pujol-Luz, José Roberto

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262011000400022

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“…The Neotropical Hemilucilia species in particular deserve further studies as useful forensic indicators, especially considering their recent use in the estimation of minimum post-mortem interval in Brazil (Kosmann et al 2011). Because of the overlap in the temporal occupation of some Diptera species, only detailed bionomical studies can lend support to their use as reliable indicators of the period of insect activity on the corpse.…”

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Dipterans Associated with a Decomposing Animal Carcass in a Rainforest Fragment in Brazil: Notes on the Early Arrival and Colonization by Necrophagous Species

Vasconcelos

Cruz

Salgado

et al. 2013

Journal of Insect Science

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This study aimed to provide the first checklist of forensically-important dipteran species in a rainforest environment in Northeastern Brazil, a region exposed to high rates of homicides. Using a decomposing pig, Sus scrofa L. (Artiodactyla: Suidae), carcass as a model, adult flies were collected immediately after death and in the early stages of carcass decomposition. To confirm actual colonization of the carcass, insects that completed their larval development on the resource were also collected and reared until adult stage. A diverse assemblage of dipterans composed of at least 28 species from seven families with necrophagous habits was observed within minutes after death. Besides Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae, species from forensically-important families such as Phoridae, Anthomyiidae, and Fanniidae were also registered. Eleven species were shown to complete their development on the carcass. The majority of individuals emerged from larvae collected at the dry stage of decomposition. Hemilucilia segmentaria Fabricius (Diptera: Calliphoridae), H. semidiaphana (Rondani), and Ophyra chalcogaster (Wiedemann) (Muscidae) were the dominant species among the colonizers, which supports their importance as forensic evidence in Brazil.

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Dipterans Associated with a Decomposing Animal Carcass in a Rainforest Fragment in Brazil: Notes on the Early Arrival and Colonization by Necrophagous Species

Vasconcelos

Cruz

Salgado

et al. 2013

Journal of Insect Science

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“…The lack of cooperation between local entomologists, scientific police and lawyers is a major obstacle. Cases of entomological evidence playing a key role in legal processes have not been publicized in the nine states of the region -unlike increasing number of cases elsewhere in Brazil (Oliveira-Costa & Mello-Patiu 2004;PujolLuz et al 2006;Kosmann et al 2011). Multidisciplinary studies involving aspects of bionomics, genetics, behaviour and molecular biology of necrophagous species start to be developed at local universities.…”

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Necrophagous species of Diptera and Coleoptera in northeastern Brazil: state of the art and challenges for the Forensic Entomologist

Vasconcelos¹,

Araujo²

2012

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…The accumulated degree hours (ADH) method was also used (Goff 2001) and based on temperature data supplied by the Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM). Based on a minimum threshold of 10 °C (Marchenko 1985;Kosmann et al 2011), we concluded that C. albiceps requires 7,893 ADH to develop from egg to adult (312 h x 25.30 ± 3.26 °C = 7,893 ADH). ADH from August 9 th until August 20 th was 7,337.4 (Table 1).…”

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Postmortem interval estimation based on Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in a forensic case in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

Ramos-Pastrana

Wolff

2017

Acta Amaz.

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This is the first application of forensic entomology in a case involving a human corpse found in the urban area of the Municipality of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, in the Piedemont of the Colombian Amazon. Three days after removing the body from the scene, pupae and puparia were collected and identified as Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera, Calliphoridae). The postmortem interval was estimated on the basis of previously published data and verified through accumulated degree hours (ADH) and intrapuparial development. The estimated minimum postmortem interval was of 229 hours (9.5 days).

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Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) and Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) used to estimate the postmortem interval in a forensic case in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cited by 45 publications

References 18 publications

Dipterans Associated with a Decomposing Animal Carcass in a Rainforest Fragment in Brazil: Notes on the Early Arrival and Colonization by Necrophagous Species

Dipterans Associated with a Decomposing Animal Carcass in a Rainforest Fragment in Brazil: Notes on the Early Arrival and Colonization by Necrophagous Species

Necrophagous species of Diptera and Coleoptera in northeastern Brazil: state of the art and challenges for the Forensic Entomologist

Postmortem interval estimation based on Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in a forensic case in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

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