A preliminary survey of carrion breeding insects associated with the Eid ul Azha festival in remote Pakistan

Zaidi, Farrah

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.027

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“…In a natural environment, numerous scuttle fly larvae and their adults feed on various types of decaying animal tissues (Beaver 1987;Disney 1994;Walker 1957;Zaidi & Chen 2011).…”

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Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Inhabiting Rabbit Carcasses Confined to Plastic Waste Bins in Malaysia Include New Records and an Undescribed Species

Zuha

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Disney

et al. 2017

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Abstrak: Lalat mencalai (Diptera: Phoridae) ialah serangga kecil berkepentingan forensik. Ia amat terkenal dengan kepelbagaian spesies di habitat yang berlainan. Namun, dalam konteks entomologi forensik, kajian mengenai lalat mencalai yang dijumpai pada mayat masih kurang diberikan perhatian. Memandangkan terdapat pelbagai laporan yang menunjukkan kemungkinan terdapat kepelbagaian spesies lalat mencalai pada persekitaran mayat atau bangkai mereput, satu kajian pereputan bangkai haiwan di lokasi tertutup telah dijalankan. Kajian ini bertujuan merekodkan kehadiran lalat mencalai pada bangkai arnab yang diletakkan di dalam tong sampah selama 40 hari. Kajian ini dijalankan sebanyak dua replikasi di Tapak Simulasi Sains Forensik, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor. Persampelan lalat mencalai dilakukan mengikut selang masa berlainan di dalam kelambu yang diubahsuai. Di dalam kelambu tersebut, lalat yang terperangkap ditangkap dan diawet di dalam larutan etanol 70%. Larva dan pupa dipelihara sehingga peringkat dewasa untuk pengenalpastian spesies. Hasil kajian mendapati terdapat enam spesies lalat mencalai daripada bangkai, iaitu Dahliphora sigmoides Schmitz ♂, Gymnoptera simplex (Brues) ♀, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) ♂♀, Puliciphora borinquenensis (Wheeler) ♂, Puliciphora obtecta Meijere ♀ and Spiniphora sp. ♀. Lalat D. sigmoides dan P. obtecta adalah rekod baharu di Malaysia manakala Spiniphora sp. adalah spesies yang belum dapat dikenal pasti sehingga ia dihubungkan dengan lalat jantannya. Lalat mencalai didapati berupaya memasuki tong sampah yang ditutup rapat (hari 4-5) dengan Megaselia scalaris sebagai lalat mencalai yang paling banyak ditemui pada bangkai pada hari 4-7 (replikasi pertama) dan hari 5-33 (replikasi kedua). Turut ditemui ialah Sarcophaga sp. (Diptera: Sacrophagidae) yang terawal tiba pada bangkai dan paling lama mendiami bangkai (hari 2-40). Larva Hermetia illucens Linneaus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) dan Fannia sp. (Diptera: Fanniidae) pula dijumpai pada bangkai ketika tempoh pertengahan peringkat pereputan lanjut. Keputusan ini memperluaskan pengetahuan mengenai kepelbagaian spesies lalat mencalai berkepentingan forensik serta lain-lain lalat di persekitaran bangkai yang dilitupi di Malaysia. * Corresponding author: rmzuha@ukm.edu.my Raja M. Zuha et al. 132Kata kunci: Lalat mencalai, Phoridae, Pereputan, Entomologi forensik, Diversiti Abstract: Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) are small-sized insects of forensic importance. They are well known for diversified species and habitats, but in the context of forensic entomology, scuttle flies' inhabitance of corpses remains inadequately explored. With recent reports indicating the existence of more scuttle fly species possibly inhabiting these environments, a decomposition study using animal carcasses in enclosed environments was conducted. The aim was to record the occurrence of scuttle flies on rabbit carcasses placed in sealed plastic waste bins for a 40-day period. The study was conducted as two replicates in Bangi, Selangor. Sampling was ...

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“…In a natural environment, numerous scuttle fly larvae and their adults feed on various types of decaying animal tissues (Beaver 1987;Disney 1994;Walker 1957;Zaidi & Chen 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Inhabiting Rabbit Carcasses Confined to Plastic Waste Bins in Malaysia Include New Records and an Undescribed Species

Zuha

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Disney

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“…These methods have been increasingly used during recent years in order to understand burial sequences and funerary practices (Huchet and Greenberg, 2010;Pradelli et al, 2019). While focusing primarily on mummies and other cadaveric remains, archaeoentomological methods have also been applied to offerings made duringor afterburial ceremonies, or even in the absence of funerary remains (Zaidi and Chen, 2011). In the wider field of bio/archaeology, there has been a very strong academic focus on burial structure, physical anthropology andparticularlythe grave goods associated with interments.…”

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Patterns of camelid sacrifice at the site of Pachacamac, Peruvian Central Coast, during the Late Intermediate Period (AD1000–1470): Perspectives from funerary archaeoentomology

Giordani

Erauw

Eeckhout

et al. 2020

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Funerary archaeoentomology entails the study of insects from archaeological contexts, in order to examine funerary practices, thanatology and hygiene/sanitation in ancient populations. However, while insects from human mummies have been widely studied, there is a limited literature dealing with archaeoentomology of animal sacrifices.Andean camelid sacrifices are common in ritual contexts, as funerary or foundation offerings. The current paper addresses camelid remains recovered from the archaeological site of Pachacamac, during the 2016 excavation season. The insect fauna was assessed in order to determine the social context of the remains, and the manner in which the camelids were utilised. The carcasses yielded remains pertaining to Diptera and Coleoptera. The presence of Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera, Calliphoridae), Sarcophaga sp. (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) and Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera, Muscidae) suggest an initial colonisation in the open, while other species typical of later phases of the colonisationincluding Hydrotaea aenescens (Diptera, Muscidae) and members of the family Phoridaesuggest that the carcasses were subsequently buried. Despite the evident importance of camelids to Andean populations, both historically and archaeologically, this is the first time that entomology has been used to examine animal sacrifice methods in this area, and comprises a watershed in the development of multidisciplinary approaches to sacrificial rites in ancient Peru.

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Arthropod–microbe interactions on vertebrate remains

Tomberlin

Benbow

Barnes

et al. 2017

Forensic Microbiology

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A preliminary survey of carrion breeding insects associated with the Eid ul Azha festival in remote Pakistan

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Inhabiting Rabbit Carcasses Confined to Plastic Waste Bins in Malaysia Include New Records and an Undescribed Species

Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Inhabiting Rabbit Carcasses Confined to Plastic Waste Bins in Malaysia Include New Records and an Undescribed Species

Patterns of camelid sacrifice at the site of Pachacamac, Peruvian Central Coast, during the Late Intermediate Period (AD1000–1470): Perspectives from funerary archaeoentomology

Arthropod–microbe interactions on vertebrate remains

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