BACKGROUND Medico legal forensic entomology is the science and study of cadaveric arthropods related to criminal investigations. The study of beetles is particularly important in forensic cases. This can be important in determining the time of death and also obtain qualitative information about the location of the crime. The aim of this study was to introduce the Saprinus planiusculus on a rat ...

Sarcosaprophagous insects have sense organs highly adapted for the detection of carcasses. Consequently, in summer these insects are usually the first to find dead human bodies. Often, when the police arrive at the scene of a murder, sarcosaprophagous insects and even their offspring are already present in the corpse in large numbers. It is possible to draw some conclusions about the date of th...

Identifying species of insects used to estimate postmortem interval (PMI) is a major subject in forensic entomology. Because forensic insect specimens are morphologically uniform and are obtained at various developmental stages, DNA markers are greatly needed. To develop new autosomal DNA markers to identify species, partial genomic sequences of the bicoid (bcd) genes, containing the homeobox a...

Aims: The present work examined the applications of Bioinformatics in carrying out the analysis of DNA Fingerprints, which are used in the forensic sciences to investigate the crime or to establish the genetic relationship. Methods: Experiment, includes first to identify and generate DNA profile of the sample under investigation by using different techniques like RFLP analysis, PCR analysis, ST...

Collection of insects at the scene is one of the most important aspects of forensic entomology and proper collection is one of the biggest challenges for any investigator. Adult flies are highly mobile and ubiquitous at scenes, yet their link to the body and the time of colonization (TOC) and post-mortem interval (PMI) estimates is not well established. Collection of adults is widely recommende...

We report a case of male corpse colonization found inside residence in the municipality Areia, Paraíba, Brazil. The body was gaseous stage decomposition and colonized by fly larvae. reared larvae collected at crime scene on temperature-controlled. supplied beef as feeding substrate for until adult emergence to allow taxonomic identification. Three specimens Peckia (Squamatodes) ingens emerged l...