Necrophagous insects are important in the decomposition of cadavers. The close
association between insects and corpses and the use of insects in medicocriminal …

Forensic entomology uses insects to help law enforcement determine the cause, location,
and time of death of a human corpse as well as to detect poisons, drugs, and physical …

Although much biological research depends upon species diagnoses, taxonomic expertise
is collapsing. We are convinced that the sole prospect for a sustainable identification …

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 …

DNA 条形码(DNA barcoding) 已成为近5 年来国际上生物多样性研究的热点,
即通过使用短的标准DNA 片段, 对物种进行快速, 准确的识别和鉴定. 该技术在动物研究中已 …

Identifying an insect specimen is an important first step in a forensic–entomological analysis.
However, diagnostic morphological criteria are lacking for many species and life stages. We …

Members of the Calliphoridae (blowflies) are significant for medical and veterinary
management, due to the ability of some species to consume living flesh as larvae, and for …

Forensic entomology is a discipline that mainly uses insects collected in and around corpses
to estimate the post-mortem interval in medicocriminal investigations. Among all scavenger …

Forensic scientists are increasingly using DNA to identify the species of a tissue sample.
However, little attention has been paid to basic experimental design issues such as …

A proliferation of molecular studies of the forensically significant Calliphoridae in the last
decade has seen molecule-based identification of immature and damaged specimens …