1. A brief review of forensically important flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
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Wei Chen, Jianqiang Deng, Yadong Guo, Yanjie Shang, Yong Wang, Lipin Ren, Fanming Meng, Lushi Chen, Jifeng Cai, and Guanghui Zhu
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forensic entomology ,030231 tropical medicine ,Zoology ,Review ,Traumatic myiasis ,Biology ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Analytical Chemistry ,sarcophagid flies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,distribution ,030216 legal & forensic medicine ,Forensic entomology ,lcsh:K5000-5582 ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Molecular identification ,decomposition ,biology ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Flesh ,fungi ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Anthropology ,lcsh:Criminal law and procedure ,Forensic science ,Relevant information - Abstract
Forensic entomology could provide valuable data for the minimum postmortem interval (PMImin) estimation and other relevant information, such as causes and circumstances of death. Some representatives of flesh flies are one of the dominant necrophagous insects during early stages of decomposition, demonstrating unique biological characteristics compared with other necrophagous flies. Moreover, they lead to global health concerns as carriers of various pathogenic micro-organisms, and dominantly result in the traumatic myiasis. Thus, sarcophagid flies are considered important in decomposition processes for PMImin estimation. However, the utility of sarcophagid flies has been seriously hampered by limited ecological, biological and taxonomic knowledge of them. The aim of this paper is to provide a brief review on the species, distribution and biological habit of forensically important sarcophagid flies. In addition, the relation between traumatic myiasis and flesh flies, molecular identification methods and developmental pattern of flesh flies are summarized.
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- 2018
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