Outdoor post-mortem bite injuries by Tapinoma nigerrimum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on a human corpse: Case report

Bonacci, Teresa; Vercillo, Vannio

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2015.03.005

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“…Among these, 7 were case reports [13][14][15][16][17][18][19], 3 case series [6,20,21], 19 original articles [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40], 4 were technical notes [41][42][43][44] and 8 were reviews [1,10,[45][46][47][48][49][50].…”

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“…Moreover, after death, corpses go through a series of transformations and alterations resulting from cellular and tissue lysis, from seaweed, fungi and plants proliferation and from local macro-and micro-fauna feeding activity [16,39,46]. In particular, faunas, both micro (e.g.…”

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“…The scavenging activity varies considerably depending on the animal feeding on the body with variation associated with the region, the season and the environmental conditions [16] and sometimes the distinction between ante-and post-mortem injuries is very difficult to be detected.…”

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“…However, the arthropods described in the literature as causes of skin and soft tissues alterations that may be confused with ante-mortem injuries are ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), beetles (Coleoptera) and aquatic organism (e.g. Crustacea, Isopoda and Amphipoda) and the main literature on this topic concerns case reports [13][14][15][16][17]20]. In addition, in the last year, a case of injuries on pig skin was reported from a forested area in Chile as caused by scorpion flies in the family Eomeropidae (Mecoptera) [60].…”

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Crime scene and body alterations caused by arthropods: implications in death investigation

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The activity of arthropods on corpses has been largely investigated, since they can produce information to reconstruct the perimortem events. However, the feeding/movement activity of insects around the crime scene, among the clothes and on the body, can also cause some alterations that can lead to wrong reconstruction and misinterpretations. This article summarises all the postmortem arthropods artefacts related to the scene (i.e. fly artefacts and floor stripes) and the body (i.e. skin and other soft tissue alterations, bone alterations and hair alterations) that can mislead the forensic pathologist, discussing macroscopic and microscopic findings derived from forensic casework and from experimental laboratory studies, in order to provide a useful instrument to avoid misinterpretations and evaluation errors. Finally, some procedural notes for the documentation and the interpretation of findings are proposed.

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“…For example, ants are among the insects that colonize exposed human and animal corpses during the early stage of decomposition. This taxon, causes post-mortem injuries to different parts of the human body which in some circumstances could be misinterpreted as antemortem injuries [9]. Moreover, the presence of ants near a corpse can cause Diptera egg laying disruption or delay the colonization by Calliphoridae.…”

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The Contribution of the Insect Succession in the Medico-Criminal Entomology Context

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2016

Entomol Ornithol Herpetol

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Caught in the act: impact of Crematogaster cf. liengmei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) necrophagous behavior on neonate pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus L.) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

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Ants have been documented as part of the entomo-sarcosaprophagous community. They have been known to alter the process of carcass decomposition due to their ability to feed on fly eggs/larvae and create postmortem skin injuries. However, studies on the impact of ants on decomposing carcasses are scarce, especially within the Western Cape Province of South Africa. This study was part of a research project that utilized two ( 2) neonate pig carcasses in each month of the year to establish baseline data on the insect species associated with decomposing carcasses in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. In the early spring (September 2020), mid-autumn (May 2021), and mid-winter (July 2021) trials respectively, several individuals of Crematogaster cf. liengmei colonized the pig carcasses shortly after deployment. There, they fed on the flesh of the carcasses and further inflicted bite marks and conspicuous post-mortem skin lesions. Following the reduction in the presence of Crematogaster cf. liengmei specifically in the mid-winter trial, non-vital bleeding was observed as a consequence of the skin lesions. In the early spring, mid-and& late autumn (May 2021), and early (June 2021) and& mid-winter trials respectively, Crematogaster cf. liengmei prevented the formation of large maggot masses, principally through the predation of fly eggs, larvae, and adults. The observations recorded in this study are of considerable importance in forensic investigations as the effect of the necrophagous behaviour of Crematogaster cf. liengmei on decomposing remains can be misinterpreted by inexperienced investigators during crime scene investigations and may alter post-mortem interval estimations.

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Outdoor post-mortem bite injuries by Tapinoma nigerrimum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on a human corpse: Case report

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Crime scene and body alterations caused by arthropods: implications in death investigation

Crime scene and body alterations caused by arthropods: implications in death investigation

The Contribution of the Insect Succession in the Medico-Criminal Entomology Context

Caught in the act: impact of Crematogaster cf. liengmei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) necrophagous behavior on neonate pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus L.) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

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