A preliminary study of forensic entomology in Medellı́n, Colombia

Wolff, Marta; Uribe, Alejandro; Ortiz, Adriana; Duque, Patricia

doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(01)00422-4

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“…This study is the first report for Colombia on the larval growth of the principal species to arrive at a corpse (Wolff et al, 2001;Perez et al, 2005;Martinez et al, 2007) in four different bioclimatic zones: L. eximia at 23.13°C and 25.30°C in Medellín and Gomez Plata, respectively; C. macellaria at 25.30°C and 30.74°C in Gomez Plata and Tintipán, respectively; C. albiceps at 25.30°C in Gomez Plata; C. megacephala at 23.13°C in Medellín and C. nigribasis at 10.62°C in Chingaza. L. eximia seems to be very sensitive to stress and in the present study this could have been caused by the lack of a successful migration event and posterior burial.…”

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Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions

Vélez¹,

Wolff²

2008

Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo)

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Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions

Vélez¹,

Wolff²

2008

Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo)

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“…Carvalho et al (2000) coletaram essa espécie em cadáveres humanos no Instituto de Medicina Legal de Campinas, de 1993 a 1998. Essa mesma espécie foi capturada por Wolff et al (2001), em Medellín, Colômbia, usando Sus scrofa como substrato, nos estágios avançado e seco. Kulshrestha & Satpathy (2001) encontraram a mesma Levantamento da fauna de Coleoptera que habita a carcaça de Sus scrofa L., em Curitiba, Paraná espécie na Índia em cadáver humano a 20°C e umidade de 46%, em outubro de 1998.…”

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Levantamento da fauna de Coleoptera que habita a carcaça de Sus scrofa L., em Curitiba, Paraná

Mise¹,

Almeida²,

Moura³

2007

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Carcaças de vertebrados são exemplos marcantes de recursos efêmeros e pontuais (Hanski 1986), sendo colonizadas por diferentes espécies de animais, dentre as quais se destacam os insetos, principalmente das ordens Diptera e Coleoptera. O estudo da sucessão dessas espécies, bem como o tempo em que vivem na carcaça, pode servir para determinar em quais circunstâncias a morte ocorreu e ainda estimar o intervalo post mortem (IPM) (Keh 1985;Catts & Goff 1992) dentro do escopo da Entomologia Forense.A utilização de insetos em estimativas de IPM tem se baseado principalmente por estes serem as primeiras espécies de animais a encontrar um cadáver, utilizando-o como fonte protéica, sítio de cópula e estímulo a oviposição. Uma outra característica importante é de que, como em qualquer comunidade recém-formada, haverá colonização do ambiente por tantas espécies quanto o recurso permitir, desencadeando um processo de sucessão heterotrófica que, se constante, pode ser altamente informativo (Catts & Goff 1992 ABSTRACT. A study of the Coleoptera (Insecta) fauna that inhabits Sus scrofa L. carcass in Curitiba, Paraná. This paper sought to assess the Coleoptera fauna associated with carcasses of Sus scrofa L., 1758, which is usually used as model in Forensic Entomology. The addition and sequential substitution of insect species could be used to estimate the post mortem interval (PMI). The present study took place in Centro Politécnico (UFPR), between september 2005 to september 2006. A pig weighting 15 kg was sacrificed each season and put inside a cage. Sampling is made daily in a tray placed below the carcass and in a Shannon modified trap, and each 14 days in five pit-fall traps. 4,360 beetles were collected, belonging to 112 species of 26 families, 12 were considered of forensic potential. The active collecting made in the tray was responsible for the largest number of beetles (2,023 specimens), followed by the modified Shannon trap (2,016 specimens) and by the pit-fall traps (324 specimens). Staphylinidae was more abundant in the modified Shannon trap, while Silphidae was more abundant in pit-fall traps. The main habits found are predator/parasite (55%) and omnivorous (38,05%), with only a few species considered necrophagous (1,31%).

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“…Reportada en Colombia por primera vez en el 2001 (Wolff et al 2001) y a partir del incremento de colectas por el interés suscitado en la entomología forense, esta especie se ha encontrado en casi la totalidad del territorio nacional, desde 0 a 2700 msnm en las provincias biogeográfi cas del Cinturón árido precaribeño (Sucre y Bolivar), Norandina distrito del Perijá (Norte de Santander), Norandina (Antioquia, Santander, Cundinamarca, Boyacá) y Amazonia distrito Florencia (Caquetá), en las zonas de vida bs-T, bh-PM, bh-MB, bh-T y bmh-P, tanto en zonas rurales como en ambientes urbanos, dentro y fuera de las viviendas. .…”

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“…En el Neotrópico, según James (1970) y Mello (2003), la familia Calliphoridae está conformada por cinco subfamilias (Mesembrinellinae, Calliphorinae, Luciliinae, Chrysominae y Toxotarsinae), agrupadas en 150 especies, de las cuales 39 han sido registradas en Colombia (Pape et al 2004), muchas obtenidas a partir de los estudios en entomología forense (Wolff et al 2001, Pèrez et al 2005, Màrtinez et al 2007.…”

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Descripción y clave de los estadios inmaduros de las principales especies de Calliphoridae (Diptera) de importancia forense en Colombia

Florez¹,

Wolff

2009

Neotrop. entomol.

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-Larvae of 13 blowfl y species from Colombia are described and an illustrated key for all them is presented. All larval instars of Calliphora nigribasis Macquart, Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius), Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann), Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius), Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Rondani), Lucilia eximia (Weidemann) are described, but the second and third instars of Compsomyiops verena (Walter), and only the third instar of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), Lucilia peruviana Robineau-Desvoidy, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) and Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Le Guillou).KEY WORDS: Blowfl y, key larvae, forensic entomology RESUMEN -Se presenta una clave dicotómica con ilustraciones para separar 13 especies de larvas de Calliphoridae de importancia forense en Colombia y la descripción de los estadíos inmaduros. Se describen todos los instar larvales de Calliphora nigribasis Macquart, Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius), Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann), Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius), Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Rondani), Lucilia eximia (Weidemann), el segundo y tercer instar de Compsomyiops verena (Walter) y solo el tercer instar de Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), Lucilia peruviana Robineau-Desvoidy, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) y Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Le Guillou).

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A preliminary study of forensic entomology in Medellı́n, Colombia

Cited by 163 publications

References 11 publications

Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions

Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions

Levantamento da fauna de Coleoptera que habita a carcaça de Sus scrofa L., em Curitiba, Paraná

Descripción y clave de los estadios inmaduros de las principales especies de Calliphoridae (Diptera) de importancia forense en Colombia

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