title: Genetic identification of forensically important flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
abstract: Unequivocal identification of fly specimens is an essential requirement in forensic entomology. However, not all species can be determined at every developmental stage, which is illustrated by the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), important members of the necrophagous insect fauna. Up to now no suitable key for the identification of the immature stages of this family of flies exists. DNA analysis of selected mitochondrial genes was applied to solve this problem. Sequence data of selected regions of the CO I and ND 5 genes of the most important European flesh fly taxa associated with cadavers are presented, which can act as reference standards for species determination.
authors.affiliation: Center of Legal Medicine, University of Frankfurt, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. zehner@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zehner
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amendt
authors.forename: Svenja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schütt
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krettek
authors.forename: Dalibor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Povolný
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA