New records of calyptrate dipterans (Fanniidae, Muscidae and Sarcophagidae) associated with the decomposition of domestic pigs in Brazil.
The calyptrate dipterans are the most important decomposers of human cadavers. Knowledge of their species and distribution are of great importance to forensic entomology, especially because of the enormous diversity in Brazil. Carcasses of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa, L) were the experimental models used to attract calyptrates of forensic interest during the winters of 2006 and 2007 and the summers of 2006 and 2008. A total of 24,423 specimens from 44 species were collected (19 Muscidae, 2 Fanniidae and 23 Sarcophagidae), three of which were new records of occurrence and 20 of which were new forensic records for the state of Rio de Janeiro. Fourteen of these species were newly identified as forensically important in Brazil.
Barbosa
Rodrigo Rocha
RR
Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmaniose, Setor de Entomologia Médica e Forense, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 21045-900.
Mello-Patiu
Cátia Antunes de
CA
Mello
Rubens Pinto de
RP
Queiroz
Margareth Maria de Carvalho
MM
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D009117:Muscidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons; D034421:Sus scrofa