title: The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea.
abstract: Forensic entomology applies insect evidence to legal problems such as the estimation of minimum postmortem interval (mPMI). For this purpose, knowledge of the insect fauna that are attracted to human cadavers in each geographic region is a prerequisite. Despite many studies investigating the insect fauna attracted to meat, there has been no survey of the entomofauna on human cadavers in the East Asian temperate climate zone, particularly in Korea. Therefore, this study reports the entomofauna collected from medicolegal autopsies in northeastern Seoul and its suburbs. Insect samples were collected from 35 medicolegal autopsies in 2010, 2011, and 2013. Molecular and morphological methods were utilized for taxonomic identification. Among 1398 individual samples belonging to 3 orders, 13 families, 18 genera, and 32 species, the dominant family and species were Calliphoridae and Lucilia sericata, respectively. Despite its limited scale, this study provides a snapshot of the general entomofauna that are attracted to human cadavers in this region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Eon
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: National Forensic Service, 10 Ipchun-ro, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-170, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yu-Hoon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: National Forensic Service, 10 Ipchun-ro, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-170, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Ryoul
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires