title: First Report of Necrophagous Insects on Human Corpses in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Necrophagous species of insects provide useful complementary data to estimate the postmortem interval in forensic cases. Here, for the first time, we report on insect specimens collected from human corpses in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the study, 14 beetle larvae were collected from the outdoor corpse (case report one) and five flies and seven beetles were collected from the indoor corpse (case report two). Sequencing was performed to study the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) as the prospective basis of an identification technique. The sequencing focused on a section of the cytochrome oxidase I encoding region of mtDNA. Two beetle species, Dermestes frischii (Kugelann) and Dermestes maculatus (De Geer) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), and one fly species, Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), were identified. These results will be instrumental in the implementation of a Saudi database of forensically relevant insects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ralajmi@ksu.edu.sa; afiafarrukh@hotmail.com; biologyhh@hotmail.com; mmashely@ksu.edu.sa).
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Alajmi
authors.affiliation: Medico Legal Center, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ghafil888@yahoo.com).
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: AlGhufaili
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ralajmi@ksu.edu.sa; afiafarrukh@hotmail.com; biologyhh@hotmail.com; mmashely@ksu.edu.sa).
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farrukh
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ralajmi@ksu.edu.sa; afiafarrukh@hotmail.com; biologyhh@hotmail.com; mmashely@ksu.edu.sa).
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aljohani
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ralajmi@ksu.edu.sa; afiafarrukh@hotmail.com; biologyhh@hotmail.com; mmashely@ksu.edu.sa) mmashely@ksu.edu.sa.|Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, 61519 El Minia, Egypt.
authors.forename: A M A
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mashaly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002102:Cadaver; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D004772:Entomology; D044707:Forensic Sciences; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007814:Larva / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
keywords: Chrysomya; DNA barcoding; Dermestes; Saudi Arabia