The Abundance of Forensic Insects on Dog and Rabbit Carcasses in Different Habitats and Developmental Stages of Chrysomya albiceps as a Forensic Indicator

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Medico-Legal Forensic Entomology “Use of Insects in Death Investigations”- A Review

“…Several studies (Hegazi et al, 1991;EL-Kady et al,1994;Tantawi et al,1996;Shalaby et al, 2000;El-Ghaffar et al, 2008;Abd EL-Bar and Sawaby, 2011;Aly et al, 2013Aly et al, & 2017Ibrahim et al, 2013 ;Zeariya et al, 2015Zeariya et al, & 2018Abd El-Bar et al, 2016;and Zeariya and Kabadaia, 2019 were carried out in some parts of Egypt to examine the type and composition of entomofauna that were attracted to different decomposition stages of animal carcasses: rabbits (Oryctolagus curicullus and Lepus cuniculus), guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus.) and dog (Canis lupus familiaris).…”

Degradative succession of the insects in small rodents in subtropical systems

“…In addition, species of the Coleoptera order families are able to respond to soil changes (Parry et al, 2016). In studies carried out with carcasses, the Coleoptera and Formicidae families were found in advanced stages of decomposition (Cruise et al, 2018;Tembe & Mukaratirwa, 2021;Zeariya & Kabadaia, 2019). In this experiment, the presence of beetle families such as Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Nitidulidae, Noteridae, and Dermestidae was mainly observed in the final…”

“…High soil temperatures may also accelerate the immature development (Kutcherov et al, 2019) and, consequently, the food resources consumption (Kotzé et al, 2016), explaining the high decomposition in the warmer area and period. Furthermore, the high abundances observed in the agricultural area may demand greater food resource consumption (Rodríguez & Liria, 2017;Zeariya & Kabadaia, 2019), helping to explain the faster decomposition. Finally, there is the increase in invertebrate richness in the riparian vegetation area, possibly because carcasses take a longer time to decay (Moretti et al, 2008) and shows that soil temperatures and the abundance of detritivorous insects are more important in accelerating the decomposition process.…”

“…The families Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, and Muscidae have a preference for colonizing soft tissues during the initial stages of decomposition (Cruise et al, 2018;Tembe & Mukaratirwa, 2021). Furthermore, small carcass decreases the resource available, concentrating the greatest insects' abundances in early stages of decomposition (Al-Mekhlafi et al, 2020;Zeariya & Kabadaia, 2019). Also, the presence of hymenoptera in rodent carcasses is common, especially species of Vespidae families (Haskell et al, 2008).…”