A comparative study of the entomofauna (Coleoptera, Diptera) associated with hanging and ground pig carcasses in a forest habitat of Poland

Forensic Science International : Synergy
Mateusz JarmuszDaria Bajerlein

Abstract

Suicide by hanging is one of the most common causes of death, worldwide. Therefore, studies of insects associated with hanging cadavers are important for developing entomological tools capable of estimating the postmortem intervals in such cases. We conducted a two-year experiment, in the spring, summer, and autumn of 2012 and 2013, studying the entomofauna of 12 hanging and 12 ground, decomposing pig carcasses in a hornbeam-oak forest, in western Poland. Both carcass treatments showed colonization by similar insect species. Among the 224 taxa collected, 61 and 52 were minimally abundant (≥10 individuals) during the adult stage on at least one hanging and at least one ground carcass, respectively. During the spring and autumn, more adult flies were attracted to hanging carcasses, whereas during the summer, their numbers were similar on both hanging and ground carcasses. Adult beetles were higher in number on hanging carcasses during the spring, but during the summer and autumn, they were slightly more abundant on ground pig carcasses. Irrespective of the carcass treatment, Dryomyzidae, Muscidae, and Piophilidae were the most abundant flies, whereas representatives of Geotrupidae, Histeridae, and Silphidae were the dominant fami...Continue Reading

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