[The study of the major sarcosaphagous flies in Hohhot].
OBJECTIVE
In order to determine the major species of sarcosaphagous flies and their regular activity on carcass in Hohhot district.


METHODS
Six rabbits were killed and placed outdoors at different time from July to October in Hohhot district. Some species of sarcosaphagous flies that appeared the cadavers were observed and identified.


RESULTS
It showed that there are 10 main spieces belonging to 3 families and 8 genera were from Diptera, including Musa domestica domestica Linnaeus, Musa domestica vicina Maequart, Ophyra capensis (Wiedemann), Hydrotaea armipes (Fall.), Muscina stabulans (Fall.) from Museidae; Lucilia sericata (Meigen), Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) from Calliphoridae; Boettcherisca peregrina (Robineau-Desvoiy), Parascarcophaga crassipalpis (Maequart) from Sacrophagidae. Besides, it showed obvious regulations that different species of sarcosaphagous flies appeared on carcass at different postmortem interval and the first part of carcass that sarcosaphagous flies appeared on.


CONCLUSIONS
It may be useful for estimating postmortem interval in Hohhot district.
Cai
Ji-fen
JF
West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. cjf_jifeng@163.com
Tao
Tao
T
Dong
Jian-guo
JG
D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011817:Rabbits; D012621:Seasons; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors