His wife, companion, and friend defines him as "a great warrior, who put his studies as the ultimate goal of his life [...] his works have been performed in the peace and quietness of the research laboratories which, according to himself, were the place where human vanities perished, surviving just the reality of facts through the indomitable force of reason". His formal educational started at the Municipal School Deodoro da Fonseca (Elementary school) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and later at the Colégio Peixoto (preparatory high school) in the city of Nova Iguaçu. Latter (1955-1958), he attended a technician course in the Escola Agrotécnica of the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), in the city of Itaguaí (currently Seropédica), where he later graduated in the school of Veterinary Medicine (1959-1962). On December 15, 1967, Paulo Iide defended a dissertation entitled Contribuição ao conhecimento das espécies brasileiras do gênero Euryneura Schiner, 1867 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) and obtained the degree of Magister Scientiae from UFRRJ. His dissertation evaluation committee was formed by three of the most distinguished Brazilian entomologists, Renato Leon Araujo, José Cândido de Melo Carvalho, Cincinnato Rory Gonçalves, and his mentor and friend, Hugo de Souza Lopes. Paulo Iide worked as a teacher and researcher at the UFRRJ (1963, 1965-1971) (Fig. 1). Between January and February, 1965, he taught a course on Diptera of Agricultural and Medical-Veterinarian interest, at graduate level, in the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). He also worked at the Universidade de Brasília (UnB, 1965, only for six months) and at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO, 1967-1970). The last position he occupied was at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF, 1971-1990), from where he received the title of full professorship in 1976 with a thesis on Valor Taxonômico da Genitália Masculina dos Pangoniinae Neotropicais (Diptera, Tabanidae). At this last university he taught Parasitology and Entomology until his Figure 2.

ABSTRACT. Checklist of species of Pantophthalmidae and Stratiomyidae (Diptera, Stratiomyioidea) of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In this paper we provided a checklist of the Pantophthalmidae and Stratiomyidae species registered in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Only one species of Pantophthamildae is recorded for the state. Stratiomyidae is represented by 12 species in nine genera: Acrochaeta Wiedemann (1), Artemita Walker (1), Neochauna Williston (1), Chrysochlorina James (3), Cyphomyia Wiedemann (1), Hermetia Latreille (2), Ptecticus Loew (1), Sargus Fabricius (1), and Hoplitimyia James (1).KEYWORDS. Central-Western region, distribution, diversity, taxonomy, Biota-MS Program.RESUMO. Nesse artigo é fornecida uma lista de espécies de Pantophthalmidae e Stratiomyidae registradas no estado Mato Grosso do Sul. Apenas uma espécie de Pantophthalmidae possui registro para o estado. Stratiomyidae é representada por 12 espécies distribuídas em nove gêneros: Acrochaeta

ABSTRACT. We provide a checklist of fl ies of the families Heleomyzidae, Neriidae, and Oestridae in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Heleomyzidae are represented in Brazil by 13 species, and only Neorhinotora aristalis (Fischer) is recorded to the State of Mato Grosso do Sul. The two reported species of Neriidae, Longina abdominalis Wiedemann and Nerius pilifer Fabricius, are among the 15 species now known in Brazil. The Oestridae family is represented by two species distributed in two genera: Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus Jr.) and Cuterebra rufi ventris Macquart.

Little is known regarding the scavenger fauna associated with buried human corpses, particularly in clandestine burials. We report the presence of 20 shells of the terrestrial snail Allopeas micra, within hollow bones of human remains buried for 5 years, during the process of collecting DNA material. The fact that a large number of shells of A. micra had been found in the corpse and in the crime scene supports the assumption that there was no attempt to remove the corpse from the area where the crime occurred. Despite this, our observations cannot be used to estimate the postmortem interval because there is no precise knowledge about the development of this species. This is the first record of a terrestrial snail associated with a human corpse and its role in this forensic medicine case.

ABSTRACT. Checklist of the Calliphoridae (Diptera, Oestroidea) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil state. In this paper it is provided a checklist of the Calliphoridae species registered in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Calliphoridae is represented by 13 species distributed in seven genera: Chloroprocta