Records of Chrysomya albiceps in Northern Italy: an ecological and forensic perspective.
Knowledge of the carrion-breeding insects present at a local level is important and necessary for defining the post-mortem interval. Climate changes and globalisation are affecting species ranges and population dynamics. In this note, we report the incidence of Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on dead human bodies and carrion in Northern Italy. These data confirm the spread of this species in the Northern regions. The partial sequencing of a 583-bp region of the cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene of an Adriatic population did not reveal any difference compared to the same genomic region in the African and South American populations of this species.
Vanin
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S
Dipartimento di Biologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy. stefano.vanin@unipd.it
Caenazzo
L
L
Arseni
A
A
Cecchetto
G
G
Cattaneo
C
C
Turchetto
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D004175:Diptera / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013552:Swine
D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV