First records of two species of Oriental scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from forensic cases.
In Penang, Malaysia, the Oriental and Afrotropical Megaselia curtineura (Brues) and the Oriental and Japanese Megaselia spiracularis Schmitz are reported from human corpses, these being the first reports of these species in such forensic cases.
Thevan
Kumara
K
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
Disney
R Henry L Henry
RH
Ahmad
Abu Hassan
AH
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera; D004772:Entomology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes