Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia

Flies from the family Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae and Muscidae are usually found on human cadavers or animal carcasses. However, there are many other families of Diptera and Coleoptera that were found associated with animal carcasses, which have not been reported in Malaysia. In this paper, we repo...

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Main Authors:	Heo, Chong Chin, Hiromu Kurahashi, Mohamed Abdullah Marwi, John Jeffery, Baharudin Omar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/1/10_Heo_Chong_Chin.pdf

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spelling	ukm-25052016-12-14T06:31:49Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/ Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia Heo, Chong Chin Hiromu Kurahashi, Mohamed Abdullah Marwi, John Jeffery, Baharudin Omar, Flies from the family Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae and Muscidae are usually found on human cadavers or animal carcasses. However, there are many other families of Diptera and Coleoptera that were found associated with animal carcasses, which have not been reported in Malaysia. In this paper, we report dipterans from the family Micropezidae: Mimegralla albimana Doleschall, 1856, Neriidae: Telostylinus lineolatus (Wiedemann 1830); Sepsidae: Allosepsis indica (Wiedemann 1824), Ulidiidae: Physiphora sp. and a beetle (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridium sp.) as opportunist species feeding on oozing fluid during the decomposition process. They did not oviposit on the pig carcasses, therefore, their role in estimation of time of death is of little importance. However, they could provide clues such as locality and types of habitats of the crime scene. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/1/10_Heo_Chong_Chin.pdf Heo, Chong Chin and Hiromu Kurahashi, and Mohamed Abdullah Marwi, and John Jeffery, and Baharudin Omar, (2011) Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 40 (6). pp. 601-604. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	Flies from the family Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae and Muscidae are usually found on human cadavers or animal carcasses. However, there are many other families of Diptera and Coleoptera that were found associated with animal carcasses, which have not been reported in Malaysia. In this paper, we report dipterans from the family Micropezidae: Mimegralla albimana Doleschall, 1856, Neriidae: Telostylinus lineolatus (Wiedemann 1830); Sepsidae: Allosepsis indica (Wiedemann 1824), Ulidiidae: Physiphora sp. and a beetle (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridium sp.) as opportunist species feeding on oozing fluid during the decomposition process. They did not oviposit on the pig carcasses, therefore, their role in estimation of time of death is of little importance. However, they could provide clues such as locality and types of habitats of the crime scene.
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author	Heo, Chong Chin Hiromu Kurahashi, Mohamed Abdullah Marwi, John Jeffery, Baharudin Omar,
spellingShingle	Heo, Chong Chin Hiromu Kurahashi, Mohamed Abdullah Marwi, John Jeffery, Baharudin Omar, Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia
author_facet	Heo, Chong Chin Hiromu Kurahashi, Mohamed Abdullah Marwi, John Jeffery, Baharudin Omar,
author_sort	Heo, Chong Chin
title	Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia
title_short	Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia
title_full	Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia
title_sort	opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in malaysia
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2011
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2505/1/10_Heo_Chong_Chin.pdf
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Opportunistic insects associated with pig carrions in Malaysia

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