[Succession of sarcosaphagous insects at summer and autumn in Shijiazhuang area].
OBJECTIVE
To study the succession of sarcosaphagous insects and their regular activity on carcass in Shijiazhuang area.


METHODS
Nine rabbits were sacrificed and placed at the same site during June to September in 2007-2009. The common species of sarcosaphagous insects were observed.


RESULTS
Nine main species could be identified belonging to 3 families and 4 genera from Diptera, including Musca domestica (Linnaeus), Muscina stabulans (Fall én), Hydrotaea (Ophyra) capensis (Wiedemann), Hydrotaea (Ophyra) spinigera (Stein), Lucilia sericata (Meigen), Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), Boerttcherisca Peregrina (Robineau-Desvoidy), Parasarcophaga crassipalpi (Macquart) and Helicophagella melanura (Meigen). Eleven main species belonging to 4 families from Coleoptera include Nicrophorus concolor (Kraatz), Silpha carinata(Herbst), Nicrophorus fossor (Eneshas), Ptomascopus morio (Kraatz), Eusilpha bicolor (Fairmaire), Scarabaeus rugosus (Hausmann), Harpalus rufipes (DeGeer), Dolichus halensis (Schaller), Goncephalum pusillum (Fabricius), Cafius seminitens (Horn) and Aleochara pacifica (Casey). Two main species from 2 families were Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) and Vespa velutina(Lepeletier).


CONCLUSIONS
It is evident that the succession of sarcosaphagous flies in Shijiazhuang with its unique geographical features. It may be used for estimating postmortem interval in Shijiazhuang area.
Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Science, Central-South University, Changsha 410013, China. zixinxing@163.com
Ling
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Yang
Ji-feng
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Cai
Ling-mei
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Lan
Ying
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Jiang
Xiang
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Li
Jian-bo
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Li
Zhao-hui
ZH
Dai
Xin
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Peng
D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D004772:Entomology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D007814:Larva; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011817:Rabbits; D012621:Seasons; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors