1,267
Views
27
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) activity in sun exposed and shaded carrion in Portugal

, , , &
Pages 128-139 | Accepted 10 Feb 2011, Published online: 31 May 2013

References

  • Amendt , J. , Campobasso , C. P. , Gaudry , E. , Reiter , C. , LeBlanc , H. N. and Hall , M. J. R. 2007 . Best practice in forensic entomology – standards and guidelines . International Journal of Legal Medicine , 121 : 90 – 104 .
  • Anderson , G. S. 1995 . The use of insects in death investigations: an analysis of cases in British Columbia over a five year period . Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal , 28 : 277 – 292 .
  • Anderson , G. S. 2010 . “ Factors that influence insect succession in carrion ” . In Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations , 2nd , Edited by: Byrd , J. H. and Castner , J. L. 201 – 250 . Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group . in:
  • Anderson , G. S. and VanLaerhoven , S. L. 1996 . Initial studies on insect succession on carrion in southwestern British Columbia . Journal of Forensic Sciences , 41 : 617 – 625 .
  • Arnaldos , I. , Romera , E. , García , M. D. and Luna , A. 2001 . An initial study on the succession of sarcosaprophagous Diptera (Insecta) on carrion in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula . International Journal of Legal Medicine , 114 : 156 – 162 .
  • Arnaldos , M. I. , Romera , E. , Presa , J. J. , Luna , A. and García , M. D. 2004 . Studies on seasonal arthropod succession on carrion in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula . International Journal of Legal Medicine , 118 : 197 – 205 .
  • Arnaldos , M. I. , García , M. D. , Romera , E. , Presa , J. J. and Luna , A. 2005 . Estimation of postmortem interval in real cases based on experimentally obtained entomological evidence . Forensic Science International , 149 : 57 – 65 .
  • Battán Horenstein , M. , Linhares , A. X. , Rosso , B. and García , M. D. 2007 . Species composition and seasonal succession of saprophagous calliphorids in a rural area of Córdoba, Argentina . Biological Research , 40 : 163 – 171 .
  • Battán Horenstein , M. , Linhares , A. X. , Rosso , B. and García , M. D. 2010 . Decomposition and dipteran succession in pig carrion in central Argentina: ecological aspects and their importance in forensic science . Medical and Veterinary Entomology , 24 : 16 – 25 .
  • Baz , A. , Cifrián , B. , Díaz-Aranda , L. M. and Martín-Vega , D. 2007 . The distribution of adult blow-flies altitudinal gradient in Central Spain . Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) , 43 : 289 – 296 .
  • Cainé , L. M. , Corte Real , F. , Saloña-Bordas , M. I. , Martínez de Pancorbo , M. , Lima , G. , Magalhães , T. and Pinheiro , F. 2009 . DNA typing of Diptera collected from human corpses in Portugal . Forensic Science International , 184 : e21 – e23 .
  • Castillo Miralbes , M. 2002 . Estudio de la entomofauna asociada a cadáveres en el Alto Aragón (España) . Monografías SEA , 6 : 1 – 94 .
  • Catts , E. P. and Goff , M. L. 1992 . Forensic entomology in criminal investigations . Annual Review of Entomology , 37 : 253 – 272 .
  • Early , M. and Goff , M. L. 1986 . Arthropod succession patterns in exposed carrion on the island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA . Journal of Medical Entomology , 23 : 520 – 531 .
  • García-Rojo , A. M. 2004 . Estudio de la sucesión de insectos en cadáveres en Alcalá de Henares (Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid) utilizando cerdos domésticos como modelos animales . Boletín Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa , 34 : 263 – 269 .
  • Goddard , J. and Lago , P. K. 1985 . Notes on blow fly (Diptera, Calliphoridae) succession on carrion in Northern Mississippi . Journal of Entomological Science , 20 : 312 – 317 .
  • Goff , M. L. 1993 . Estimation of postmortem interval using arthropod development and sucessional patterns . Forensic Science Review , 5 : 81 – 94 .
  • González-Mora , D. 1989 . Los Calliphoridae de España, II: Calliphorini (Diptera) . Eos , 65 : 39 – 59 .
  • González-Mora , D. and Peris , S. V. 1988 . Los Calliphoridae de España: 1: Rhiniinae y Chrysomynae (Diptera) . Eos , 64 : 91 – 139 .
  • Grassberger , M. and Frank , C. 2004 . Initial study of arthropod succession on pig carrion in a central European urban habitat . Journal of Medical Entomology , 41 : 511 – 523 .
  • Greenberg , B. 1971 . Flies and Disease, Volume I: Ecology, Classification and Biotic Associations , 856 New Jersey : Princeton University Press .
  • Greenberg , B. 1991 . Flies as forensic indicators . Journal of Medical Entomology , 28 : 565 – 577 .
  • Hewadikaram , K. A. and Goff , M. L. 1991 . Effect of carcass size on rate of decomposition and arthropod succession patterns . American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology , 12 : 235 – 240 .
  • Joy , J. E. , Liette , N. L. and Harrah , H. L. 2006 . Carrion fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval colonization of sunlit and shaded pig carcasses in West Virginia, USA . Forensic Science International , 164 : 183 – 192 .
  • Lane , R. P. 1975 . Investigation into blowfly (Diptera-Calliphoridae) succession on corpses . Journal of Natural History , 9 : 581 – 588 .
  • Martínez-Sánchez , A. I. , Rojo , S. , Rognes , K. and Marcos-García , M. A. 1998 . Califóridos con interés faunístico en agroecosistemas de dehesa y catálogo de las especies ibéricas de Polleniinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) . Boletín Asociación de española de Entomología , 22 : 171 – 183 .
  • Martínez-Sánchez , A. , Rojo , S. and Marcos-García , M. A. 2000 . Annual and spatial activity of dung flies and carrion in a Mediterranean holm-oak pasture ecosystem . Medical And Veterinary Entomology , 14 : 56 – 63 .
  • Martínez Sánchez , A. , Rognes , K. and Báez , M. 2002 . “ Calliphoridae ” . In Catálogo de los Diptera de España, Portugal y Andorra (Insecta) , Edited by: Hjorth-Andersen , M. C. T. 204 – 205 . Zaragoza : Monografías SEA 8 . in
  • Martínez-Sánchez , A. , Marcos-García , M. A. and Rojo , S. 2005 . Biodiversidad de la comunidad de dípteros sarcosaprófagos en ambientes insulares del sudeste Ibérico (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae) . Nouvelle Revue d‘Entomologie , 22 : 251 – 265 .
  • Matuszewski , S. , Bajerlein , D. , Konwerski , S. and Szpila , K. 2008 . An initial study of insect succession and carrion decomposition in various forest habitats of Central Europe . Forensic Science International , 180 : 61 – 69 .
  • Meskin , I. 1986 . Factors affecting the coexistence of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on the Transvaal Highveld, South Africa . South African Journal of Science , 82 : 244 – 250 .
  • Moneo Pellitero , J. and Saloña-Bordas , M. I. 2007 . Califóridos (Diptera, Calliphoridae) de interés forense recogidos en el entorno universitario del campus de Leioa (Vizcaya, España) . Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa , 40 : 479 – 483 .
  • Ordóñez , A. , García , M. D. and Fagua , G. 2008 . Evaluation of efficiency of Schoenly trap for collecting adult sarcosaprophagous dipterans . Journal of Medical Entomology , 45 : 522 – 532 .
  • Payne , J. A. 1965 . A summer carrion study of the baby pig Sus scrofa Linnaeus . Ecology , 46 : 592 – 602 .
  • Peris , S. V. and González-Mora , D. 1991 . Los Calliphoridae de España, III: Luciliini (Diptera) . Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Biológica) , 87 : 187 – 207 .
  • Prado e Castro , C. B. 2005 . Studies on Sarcosaprophagous Diptera (Insecta) in Central Portugal: Application to Forensic Entomology , 97 Coimbra : Universidade de Coimbra . M.Sc. thesis
  • Prado e Castro , C. , Arnaldos , M. I. and García , M. D. 2010a . Additions to the Calliphoridae (Diptera) fauna from Portugal, with description of new records . Boletín Asociación española de Entomología , 33 ( 3–4 ) : 425 – 437 . 2009
  • Prado e Castro , C. , Chichorro , D. , Serrano , A. and García , M. D. 2009 . A modified version of Schoenly trap for collecting sarcosaprophagous arthropods. Detailed plans and construction . Anales de Biología , 31 : 1 – 6 .
  • Prado e Castro , C. and García , M. D. 2010 . Additions to the Piophilidae (Diptera) fauna from Portugal, with new records . Graellsia , 66 : 101 – 105 .
  • Prado e Castro , C. , García , M. D. , Arnaldos , M. I. and González-Mora , D. 2010b . Sarcophagidae (Diptera) attracted to piglet carcasses including new records for Portuguese fauna . Graellsia , 66 : 285 – 294 .
  • Reed , H. B. 1958 . A study of dog carcass communities in Tennessee, with special reference to the insects . The American Midland Naturalist , 59 : 213 – 245 .
  • Reiter , C. and Wollenek , G. 1983 . “ Zur Artbestimmung der Maden forensisch bedeutsamer Schmeissfliegen ” . In Zeitschrift fur Rechtsmedizin 309 – 316 .
  • Richards , E. N. and Goff , M. L. 1997 . Arthropod succession on exposed carrion in three contrasting tropical habitats on Hawaii Island, Hawaii . Journal of Medical Entomology , 34 : 328 – 339 .
  • Schoenly , K. 1981 . Demographic bait trap . Environmental Entomology , 10 : 615 – 617 .
  • Schoenly , K. , Griest , K. and Rhine , S. 1991 . An Experimental Field Protocol For Investigating The Postmortem Interval Using Multidisciplinary Indicators . Journal of Forensic Sciences , 36 : 1395 – 1415 .
  • Sharanowski , B. J. , Walker , E. G. and Anderson , G. S. 2008 . Insect succession and decomposition patterns on shaded and sunlit carrion in Saskatchewan in three different seasons . Forensic Science International , 179 : 219 – 240 .
  • Shean , B. S. , Messinger , L. and Papworth , M. 1993 . Observations of differential decomposition on sun exposed v. shaded pig carrion in coastal Washington-State . Journal of Forensic Sciences , 38 : 938 – 949 .
  • Smith , K. G. V. 1986 . A Manual of Forensic Entomology , 205 London : The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) .
  • Tantawi , T. I. , Elkady , E. M. , Greenberg , B. and ElGhaffar , H. A. Arthropod succession on exposed rabbit carrion in Alexandria, Egypt . Journal of Medical Entomology , 33 566 – 580 .
  • Tullis , K. and Goff , M. L. 1987 . Arthropod succession in exposed carrion in a tropical rain-forest on Oahu island, Hawaii . Journal of Medical Entomology , 24 : 332 – 339 .
  • Zumpt , F. 1965 . Myiasis in man and animals in the old world , 267 London : Butterworths .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.