Forensic entomology is the study of insects found around the crime scene and are helpful for the estimation of time elapsed since death of a person i.e., post mortem interval (PMI). There are number techniques available for the identification of insect species and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is one of those. RAPD is a useful technique designed for the detection of sequence polymorph...

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are an important component of insect biodiversity, and their study may help forensic entomologists to solve criminal cases. We review published literature and ecological principles that may guide forensic entomologists in the usage of ants as evidence with forensic value. Because ants are top predators in litter environments, their activities can affect decomposit...

Background: Buried carrion can help in forensic investigation cases determining the post-burial-interval (PBI), movement of body or hiding crime. The current study aims to determine succession ant species on rabbit carcass buried an outdoor habitat King Saud University, Western Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods: In present study, twelve rabbits were at 20 cm and 40 two different periods. After 10, ...

Sarcophagidae, or flesh flies, are of great importance in forensic entomology, but their effective application requires precise taxonomic identification, which relies almost exclusively on characteristics of the male genitalia. Given that female flies and larvae are most abundant in animal carcasses or on corpses, precise morphological identification can be difficult; therefore, DNA sequencing ...

Archaeoentomology is the study of insects and other arthropods recovered from an archaeological site; they can be found in association with ancient human animal remains, food, artefacts or related to environment its changes throughout time. Within archaeoentomology, branch “funerary archeoentomology” considers especially remains funerary burial contexts. The presence location certain insect spe...

Mites are receiving renewed interest in forensic entomology, but the identification of many species associated with carrion and human remains is problematic. We review the taxonomy of the mite species currently known as Myianoetus muscarum (L., 1758) and designate a neotype from the collection of Jean Cooreman in Brussels, Belgium. The species is redescribed based on Cooreman's specimens, speci...

In recent years, there has been an increasing number of studies on carrion fly communities due to their medical importance and as a consequence of the large number of studies on forensic entomology. Surprisingly few studies have adressed with the asynantropic flies of the Amazon, and none were done in Colombia. A faunistic study of asynantropic flies of the families Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae...

Blowflies utilize discrete and ephemeral breeding sites for larval nutrition. After the exhaustion of food, larvae begin dispersing in search of sites to pupate or additional food sources, a process referred as postfeeding larval dispersal. Some of the most important aspects of this process were investigated in the blowfly Chrysomya albiceps, employing a circular arena to allow radial dispersio...