A Preliminary Study of Insect Succession in Al‐Ahsaa Oasis, in the Eastern Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Shaalan, Essam Abdel-Salam; El-Moaty, Zeinab A.; Abdelsalam, Salaheldin A.; Anderson, Gail S.

doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13252

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“… Saprinus ( S. ) semistriatus was previously mentioned in forensic-based experiments as being collected regularly on carrion especially during the active decay stage and useful in post-mortem interval ( PMI ) estimation ( Szelecz et al 2018 ). Saprinus ( S. ) chalcites was recorded on rabbit carcasses during insect succession study in Al-Ahsaa Oasis (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) in summer, winter, and spring ( Shaalan et al 2017 ). Saprinus ( S. ) aeneus was recorded on human cadaver in Italy and utilised to establish the PMI ( Introna et al 1998 ).…”

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Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Shayya

Dégallier²,

Nel

et al. 2018

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Many histerid beetles are necrophilous on carrion during both active and advanced stages of decomposition. In this study, 13 species of Saprinus were recorded on carrion from Lebanon, containing eight that are new for the Lebanese fauna. The following Saprinus species are newly recorded from Lebanon: 1) Saprinus (S.) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803); 2) S. (S.) calatravensis Fuente, 1899; 3) S. (S.) chalcites (Illiger, 1807); 4) S. (S.) godet (Brullé, 1832); 5) S. (S.) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792); 6) S. (S.) strigil Marseul, 1855; 7) S. (S.) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913; and 8) S. (S.) tenuistrius sparsutus Solsky, 1876. The peak activity was recorded, key for the species is provided, and habitus images and male genitalia are illustrated in order to facilitate their taxonomic identifications. Saprinus species are diverse and common on animal carcass; they were likewise collected from a human cadaver in Lebanon. Preliminary comments on biology and distribution of the studied species are given. Our paper represents the first faunistic study on Histeridae from Lebanon. A rigorous research program regarding the biology of Saprinus in Lebanon and the neighbouring countries would greatly improve the knowledge of the diversity, activity, and possible forensic value of Saprinus.

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Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Shayya

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Nel

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“…albiceps, and this species mostly reported in the spring and summer (Salimi et al 2018b). Chrysomy albiceps has been reported as the most dominant species on rabbit carcass collected in four seasons in the eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Shaalan et al 2017), and two seasons in Iran (Salimi et al 2018b). Given that these species are present on both treated and untreated carcasses, they can be used as a good indicator to estimate the time of death.…”

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Dipteran diversity and succession pattern on carcass of rabbits treated with opium dross: Implication in forensic medicine

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Abstract. Keshavarz D, Rassi Y, Oshaghi MA, Azizi K, Rafizadeh S, Shahriarinamadi M. 2020. Dipteran diversity and succession pattern on carcass of rabbits treated with opium: Implication in forensic medicine. Biodiversitas 21: 3135-3141. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of opium on the succession pattern and diversity of Diptera on rabbit carcasses. In the present experimental study, dipteran species were collected from rabbit carcasses during the decay process. During this study, two replicates were performed, and four rabbits were used in each. Rabbits divided equally into two groups. In the first group, animals were received 25 mg opium dross orally via a gastric tube and then gradually increased the dose to 100 mg/case/day, while the second group were used as controls and received distilled water. The most frequent species on both carcass types were Chrysomya albiceps (26.2%), Lucilia sericata (15.9%), and Musca domestica (13.9%). Diversity analysis indicates high species richness on untreated carcasses (Shannon: 2.1; Margalef: 1.7). However, a significant difference was not detected for the Shannon index between the treated and untreated carcasses (P: 0.56). The taxa similarity values for sampling intervals ranged from 0.20-0.46 for both untreated and treated carcasses. Permutation analysis showed that successional patterns of dipteran species were similar between opium dross-treated and untreated carcasses. Therefore, in the case of opioid (opium) abused cadaver, this substance could not have an effect on the PMI estimation based on the pattern of succession. But it seems that the PMI should be corrected when the estimate is based on larval growth rate.

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“…Setyaningrum and Al Dhafer (2014) reported these flies from eight provinces, and Mashaly et al (2017) reported finding them in Arar (Northern province). Furthermore, C. albiceps have been recorded on different animal carcasses, such as on sheep (Alahmed 2004;Bosly 2010;Mashaly et al 2017), rabbit (Mashaly et al 2020;Shaalan et al 2017), camel, dog and goat carcasses (Mashaly et al 2019). In addition, C. albiceps have been recorded on human corpses in Saudi Arabia by Al-Shareef andZaki (2017), Al-Qahtni et al (2019) and Al-khalifa et al (2020), in line with evidence from many other countries (Grassberger et al (2003) in Austria, Kosmann et al (2011) in Brazil, Klekovska et al (2017) in the Republic of Macedonia, Bugelli et al (2018) in Italy, Bernhardt et al (2018) in Germany, Moemenbellah-Fard et al (2018) in Iran and Corrêa et al (2019) in India).…”

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“…Chrysomya albiceps have been observed in a wide variety of environments all year round (Alahmed et al 2006;Shaalan et al 2017): in vehicle habitats (Al-Qahtni et al 2019) and in both indoor and outdoor habitats (Al-khalifa et al 2020;Corrêa et al 2019). The life cycle of C. albiceps consists of three larval instars and a pupal stage.…”

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Chrysomya albicepsWiedemann (Diptera: Calliphoridae) colonising poisoned rabbit carcasses

Mashaly

Al‐Khalifa

Al-Qahtni

2020

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Chrysomia albiceps Wiedemann (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is one of the first insects to colonise human and animal carrion and thus one of the most important insects in forensic entomology. Since the presence of these blow flies have been reported in most of the provinces in Saudi Arabia, we analyse the succession patterns of C. albiceps on decomposing rabbit carcasses injected with heroin or administered orally with alcoholic beverages. Samples of flies from the carcasses of heroin or alcohol-treated and untreated rabbits were obtained for 15 days post mortem. A total of 1,297 and 1,426 flies were attracted to rabbit carcasses during the heroin and alcohol tests, respectively. The blow flies appeared in different developmental instars (larvae, pupae and adults), and at all stages of decomposition. Administration of higher concentrations of heroin or higher amounts of alcohol were generally associated with an increase in the number of blow flies drawn to rabbit carcasses (P < 0.05). The highest number of blow flies were attracted during the decay stage of decomposition, and the lowest during the fresh stage. In the case of medicolegal investigation, when C. albiceps used as a forensic indicator, it is recommended that the impact of heroin or alcoholic beverages on the succession patterns be considered.

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A Preliminary Study of Insect Succession in Al‐Ahsaa Oasis, in the Eastern Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Cited by 21 publications

References 34 publications

Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Dipteran diversity and succession pattern on carcass of rabbits treated with opium dross: Implication in forensic medicine

Chrysomya albicepsWiedemann (Diptera: Calliphoridae) colonising poisoned rabbit carcasses

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