First record of Fannia leucosticta (Meigen) (Diptera: Fanniidae) breeding in human corpses

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Title: First record of Fannia leucosticta (Meigen) (Diptera: Fanniidae) breeding in human corpses
Authors: Velásquez Zambrano, Yelitza | Martínez-Sánchez, Anabel | Rojo, Santos
Research Group/s: Bionomía, Sistemática e Investigación Aplicada de Insectos Dípteros e Himenópteros
Center, Department or Service: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales | Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad
Keywords: Fannia leucosticta | Fanniidae | Forensic case | Spain
Knowledge Area: Zoología
Issue Date: 10-Jun-2013
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Forensic Science International. 2013, 229(1-3): e13-e15. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.022
Abstract: A case where Fannia leucosticta (Meigen, 1838) was breeding in human corpses is reported for the first time. One larva and one unemerged puparium were recovered from two corpses in an advanced stage of decomposition, found in autumn in Alicante province, Spain.
Sponsor: This work is part of a PhD project supported by the Programme Alßan (European Union Programme of High Level Scholarships for Latin America, scholarship No. E06D101359VE) and has been partially supported by the Generalitat Valenciana (GV/2011/039) and the University of Alicante (GRE09-27).
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/38077
ISSN: 0379-0738 (Print) | 1872-6283 (Online)
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.022
Language: eng
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Peer Review: si
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.022
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