Life history data on the fly parasitoids Aleochara nigra Kraatz and A. asiatica Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), and their potential application in forensic entomology

Lin, Shiang‐Tai; Shiao, Shiuh-Feng

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.06.016

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“…Staphylinids were more abundant in Espuña, an area where carcasses may be more readily available due to both the scarcity of vultures and the regular supply of ungulate carcasses through sport hunting and culling practices [69]. Many staphylinid species are actually necrophilous; some of them are predators of blow fly larvae whereas species within the subfamily Aleocharinae are parasitoids of blow fly pupae [13]. It is therefore not surprising that the abundances of blow flies and staphylinid beetles were positively and significantly correlated (Table 3).…”

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“…Among invertebrates, multiple insect species are specialised in the consumption of different carcass tissues [4–10], with many other carnivore, omnivore and even phytophagous insects also feeding occasionally on carrion [10–12]. In addition, the carrion insect community includes necrophilous species that do not feed on dead tissues, but are specialised predators and parasitoids of necrophagous insects [10, 13, 14]. Thus, carrion resources are directly and indirectly exploited by a potentially very diverse and complex scavenger community leading to heterotrophic succession [15].…”

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Avoidance of carnivore carcasses by vertebrate scavengers enables colonization by a diverse community of carrion insects

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Carrion resources sustain a complex and diverse community of both vertebrate and invertebrate scavengers, either obligate or facultative. However, although carrion ecology has received increasing scientific attention in recent years, our understanding of carrion partitioning in natural conditions is severely limited as most studies are restricted either to the vertebrate or the insect scavenger communities. Moreover, carnivore carcasses have been traditionally neglected as study model. Here, we provide the first data on the partitioning between vertebrate and invertebrate scavengers of medium-sized carnivore carcasses, red fox ( Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus)), in two mountainous Mediterranean areas of south-eastern Spain. Carcasses were visited by several mammalian and avian scavengers, but only one carcass was partially consumed by golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus). These results provide additional support to the carnivore carrion-avoidance hypothesis, which suggests that mammalian carnivores avoid the consumption of carnivore carcasses to prevent disease transmission risk. In turn, the absence of vertebrate scavengers at carnivore carcasses enabled a diverse and well-structured successional community of insects to colonise the carcasses. The observed richness and abundance of the most frequent families was more influenced by the decomposition time than by the study area. Overall, our study encourages further research on carrion resource partitioning in natural conditions.

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Avoidance of carnivore carcasses by vertebrate scavengers enables colonization by a diverse community of carrion insects

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“…Many parasitic insects can alter the duration of the postembryonic developmental period or interrupt the development of their hosts [42][43][44][45]. The population growth and density of necrophagous flies may be interfered with, thereby influencing estimates of min PMI [44].…”

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Study on the pupal morphogenesis of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) for postmortem interval estimation

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“…Because ant genera are considered stable in taxonomy (Ward, 2007), and can also represent the characteristics of collecting regions and micro-habitats (Guénard et al, 2010), genus level data were adopted as indicators in this study. Our specimens were collected in the southern counties of Taiwan (Hualian, Taitung, Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi, Nantou, Yunlin and Changhua Counties) in January 2011 and from February 2012 to July 2013, using the pig liver baited traps as in Lin and Shiao (2013), only set up above the ground rather than as pitfall traps within the ground. After Hwang (2011) reported that pitfall traps combined with baited traps most effectively collect necrophilous insects living in the soil or ground such as ants and beetles, we designed a new trap for collecting ants easily in our study.…”

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Necrophilous Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Diverse Habitats in Taiwan

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Ants are a highly diverse group that not only are often strongly associated with certain habitat types, but also can be found on carcasses and, therefore, in crime scenes. In the present study, a survey of the necrophilous ants in Taiwan was conducted and a preliminary species checklist was provided for the first time. The aim of this study was primarily to offer information on Taiwanese ant species of forensic significance. A total of 50 ant species/morphospecies from 26 genera were collected from large scale regions in Taiwan using combination pig liver bait and pitfall traps, bringing the Taiwanese necrophilous ants up to 55 species from 33 genera within the known Taiwanese ant fauna of 288 species from 71 genera. Seventeen species found in this study are tramp or potentially exotic species, which often dominated the baits. Use of pitfall traps increased the diversity of ants collected relative to hand-collecting from the carcass, adding useful data. These necrophilous ants may play important roles in carcass decomposition and can be useful in reconstructing crime scenes, as certain ants are more common in certain habitat types. This checklist and accompanying habitat information of these ants is likely the first such comprehensive data in Taiwan applying ants to the field of forensic entomology.

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Life history data on the fly parasitoids Aleochara nigra Kraatz and A. asiatica Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), and their potential application in forensic entomology

Cited by 17 publications

References 24 publications

Avoidance of carnivore carcasses by vertebrate scavengers enables colonization by a diverse community of carrion insects

Avoidance of carnivore carcasses by vertebrate scavengers enables colonization by a diverse community of carrion insects

Study on the pupal morphogenesis of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) for postmortem interval estimation

Necrophilous Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Diverse Habitats in Taiwan

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