Forensic insects attracted to human cadavers in a vehicular environment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Adel A. Alshehri, Ashraf Mohamed Ali Mashaly, Abdulmani H. Al-Qahtni, Mohammed S. Al-Khalifa, Reem A. Alajmi, Zeinab M. Al-Musawi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Veterinary medicine animal structures Fauna 01 natural sciences Article 03 medical and health sciences Megaselia scalaris parasitic diseases Chrysomya albiceps Calliphoridae lcsh:QH301-705.5 Larva Decomposition biology fungi biology.organism_classification Forensic science Post mortem intervals Insects 030104 developmental biology lcsh:Biology (General) Muscidae Human cadavers Cars General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Musca human activities 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol 26, Iss 7, Pp 1499-1502 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2213-7106 1319-562X |
| Popis: | Insect fauna attracted to cadavers at the crime scene can be identified and used to estimate the post-mortem interval (PMI). In the current study, insects associated with two human cadavers in a vehicular environment were collected and analysed. The first cadaver was found five days’ post mortem in a garage. The second cadaver was found in a car ten days after his death. The weather conditions were obtained from the nearest weather station located to the scenes of the death. During the study, six adults, 32 larvae and egg batches were collected from case 1 and identified as Chrysomya albiceps Wiedemann (Diptera: Calliphoridae). From the second case, two larvae of Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Foridae) and seven larvae of Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) were identified. mPMI ranged from five to twelve days. This information expands the knowledge on the insect fauna in the vehicular environment, which could be used to assist estimation of the PMI. Keywords: Post mortem intervals, Decomposition, Human cadavers, Insects, Cars |
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