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The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea
Joint Authors
Park, Seong Hwan
Ko, Kwang Soo
Kim, Yu-Hoon
Shin, Sang Eon
Lee, Hyun Ju
Park, Ji Hye
Kim, Kyung Ryoul
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shin, Sang Eon& Lee, Hyun Ju& Park, Ji Hye& Ko, Kwang Soo& Kim, Yu-Hoon& Kim, Kyung Ryoul…[et al.]. 2015. The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056100
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shin, Sang Eon…[et al.]. The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056100
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shin, Sang Eon& Lee, Hyun Ju& Park, Ji Hye& Ko, Kwang Soo& Kim, Yu-Hoon& Kim, Kyung Ryoul…[et al.]. The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056100
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056100