Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Odair Benedito, Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline [UNESP], Solis, Daniel Russ [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1386
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18937
Resumo: The decomposition of small carcasses in the open is frequently neglected although it may provide information of forensic importance. This paper describes an experimental study of arthropod species associated with carcasses of mouse, Mus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) and rat, Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) (Rodentia: Muridae). Four carcasses were left inside iron cages in sunlit and shady areas in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil twice a season for four seasons (n = 16 carcasses of each rodent). The carcasses were removed when arthropods ceased to visit them. The visiting and colonizing invertebrates were collected daily and identified. Immatures were also collected and reared in a laboratory for identification. We collected 6,514 arthropods (820 adults and 5,694 juvenile forms) belonging to 53 species from the families Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Fanniidae, Syrphidae, Richardiidae, Sepsidae, Micropezidae, Otitidae, Drosophilidae, Phoridae, Dolichopodidae, Anthomyiidae, Asilidae and Lauxaniidae (Diptera), Formicidae, Ichneumonidae, Encyrtidae and Apidae (Hymenoptera), Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) and Gonyleptidae (Opiliones). Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Peckia (Pattonella) intermutans (Walker, 1861) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) deserve special attention because both adult and immature forms were collected in all seasons and in both areas. Our results indicate that the frequency of occurrence of these arthropods was positively associated with carcass size (mouse or rat); no marked insect succession on the carcasses occurred; and the diversity of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae was high, irrespective of season.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
title Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
spellingShingle Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
Forensic arthropodology
carrion decomposition
Diptera
sarcosaprophagous fauna
Brazil
title_short Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_full Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_fullStr Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
title_sort Insects on decomposing carcasses of small rodents in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil
author Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
author_facet Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
Ribeiro, Odair Benedito
Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline [UNESP]
Solis, Daniel Russ [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Ribeiro, Odair Benedito
Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline [UNESP]
Solis, Daniel Russ [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho
Ribeiro, Odair Benedito
Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline [UNESP]
Solis, Daniel Russ [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Forensic arthropodology
carrion decomposition
Diptera
sarcosaprophagous fauna
Brazil
topic Forensic arthropodology
carrion decomposition
Diptera
sarcosaprophagous fauna
Brazil
description The decomposition of small carcasses in the open is frequently neglected although it may provide information of forensic importance. This paper describes an experimental study of arthropod species associated with carcasses of mouse, Mus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) and rat, Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) (Rodentia: Muridae). Four carcasses were left inside iron cages in sunlit and shady areas in a secondary forest in Southeastern Brazil twice a season for four seasons (n = 16 carcasses of each rodent). The carcasses were removed when arthropods ceased to visit them. The visiting and colonizing invertebrates were collected daily and identified. Immatures were also collected and reared in a laboratory for identification. We collected 6,514 arthropods (820 adults and 5,694 juvenile forms) belonging to 53 species from the families Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Fanniidae, Syrphidae, Richardiidae, Sepsidae, Micropezidae, Otitidae, Drosophilidae, Phoridae, Dolichopodidae, Anthomyiidae, Asilidae and Lauxaniidae (Diptera), Formicidae, Ichneumonidae, Encyrtidae and Apidae (Hymenoptera), Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) and Gonyleptidae (Opiliones). Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Peckia (Pattonella) intermutans (Walker, 1861) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) deserve special attention because both adult and immature forms were collected in all seasons and in both areas. Our results indicate that the frequency of occurrence of these arthropods was positively associated with carcass size (mouse or rat); no marked insect succession on the carcasses occurred; and the diversity of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae was high, irrespective of season.
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European Journal of Entomology. Ceske Budejovice: Czech Acad Sci, Inst Entomology, v. 105, n. 4, p. 691-696, 2008.
1210-5759
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18937
WOS:000261360200020
url http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1386
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18937
identifier_str_mv European Journal of Entomology. Ceske Budejovice: Czech Acad Sci, Inst Entomology, v. 105, n. 4, p. 691-696, 2008.
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