“…We selected a total of 36 specimens comprising three species that were of potential forensic importance (Carvalho et al, 2000;Barbosa et al, 2009;Barbosa et al, 2010;Oliveira and Vasconcelos, 2010), namely: O. fluminensis, P. intermutans, and P. chrysostoma. To determine possible haplotype variations of the population, these species were sampled at three sites in the City of Rio de Janeiro.…”