Title of article :
Opportunistic Insects Associated with Pig Carrions in Malaysia
Author/Authors :
CHONG CHIN, HEO Universiti Teknologi MARA - Faculty of Medicine, Malaysia , KURAHASHI, HIROMU International Department of Dipterology, Japan , ABDULLAH MARWI, MOHAMED Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Malaysia , JEFFERY, JOHN university of malaya - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Parasitology, Malaysia , BAHARUDIN, OMAR Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Allied Health Sciences - Department of Biomedical Sciences, Malaysia
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Acalyptrate , Coleoptera , Diptera , forensic entomology , pig carrions
