Carrion provides a very rich, but ephemeral resource which is utilized by a progression of
insects and other arthropods, from fresh until dry remains. When the sequence of insects …

Beetles occur in most terrestrial and freshwater habitats and a few occupy marine
environments. The most common life‐cycle type in beetles is holometaboly. More …

This chapter introduces and descibes the terms used for the identification of adult flies in this
manual, although the discussion of terms is not exclusively restricted to Diptera occurring in …

Fossilized soft tissues of animals (eg muscles, hair and feathers) are valuable sources of
palaeobiological information, but a poor preservation potential makes them undesirably …

Inventories on necrophagous insects carried out in Brazil encompass mostly species from
the southeastern and central-western regions of the country. This review aims to produce the …

Forensic Entomology provides undergraduates with a concise introduction to the subject.
The book is written with the clarity necessary for students starting out in entomology yet …

Flies (Diptera, blow flies, house flies, flesh flies, horse flies, cattle flies, deer flies, midges and
mosquitoes) are among the four megadiverse insect orders. Several species quickly …

This is the first report of an ongoing study of insect succession on carrion carried out in
Medellı́n, Colombia, using pigs (Sus scrofa) as a model to determine the insect sequence …

Necrophagous invertebrates have been documented to be a predominant driver of
vertebrate carrion decomposition; however, very little is understood about the assembly of …

Differences in the succession of insects and other Arthropoda (invertebrate animals with
jointed legs), on domestic pig carcasses placed under a roof and under the open sky have …