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The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea

Authors
Shin, Sang EonLee, Hyun JuPark, Ji HyeKo, Kwang SooKim, Yu-HoonKim, Kyung RyoulPark, Seong Hwan
Issue Date
2015
Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
Citation
BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, v.2015
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SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Volume
2015
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/133178
DOI
10.1155/2015/606728
ISSN
2314-6133
Abstract
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.
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