Medical–Legal Entomology in Action: Evaluation of Insect-Based Post-Mortem Interval Estimation in South Korean Death Investigations.

Authors: Baek, In-Seong^1,2 (AUTHOR) is6630@nie.re.kr, Oh, Hyeon-Seok¹ (AUTHOR) tjr3863@naver.com, Kim, Yi-Re¹ (AUTHOR) 04174@naver.com, Kang, Min-Gyu¹ (AUTHOR) alsrb0886@gmail.com, Jung, Jae-Bong³ (AUTHOR) applebox@naver.com, Park, Sang-Hyun¹ (AUTHOR) pantz@kosin.ac.kr

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Feb2025, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p231. 12p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *INSECT development, *DNA fingerprinting, *INSECT collection & preservation, *SUPPORT vector machines, *DEAD

Geographic Terms: BUSAN (Korea)

Identification of Necrophagous Beetles (Coleoptera) Using Low-Resolution Real-Time PCR in the Buffer Zone of Kampinos National Park.

Authors: Malewski, Tadeusz¹ (AUTHOR) tmalewski@miiz.waw.pl, Leszczyńska, Katarzyna² (AUTHOR) kasia.leszczynska97@gmail.com, Borzuchowska, Katarzyna Daria³ (AUTHOR) katarzyna.daria.borzuchowska@gmail.com, Sierakowski, Maciej⁴ (AUTHOR) m.sierakowski@uksw.edu.pl, Oszako, Tomasz⁵ (AUTHOR) t.oszako@ibles.waw.pl, Nowakowska, Justyna Anna⁶ (AUTHOR) j.nowakowska@uksw.edu.pl

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Feb2025, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p215. 12p.

Subject Terms: *CYTOCHROME oxidase, *FORENSIC entomology, *BURYING beetles, *CRIMINAL investigation, *NATIONAL parks & reserves

Advances and Current Status in the Use of Cuticular Hydrocarbons for Forensic Entomology Applications.

Authors: Stewart-Yates, David¹ (AUTHOR) bobby.stewart-yates@murdoch.edu.au, Maker, Garth L.¹ (AUTHOR) g.maker@murdoch.edu.au, D'Errico, Stefano² (AUTHOR) sderrico@units.it, Magni, Paola A.¹ (AUTHOR) p.magni@murdoch.edu.au

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Feb2025, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p144. 11p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *INSECT development, *FORENSIC sciences, *FACTOR analysis, *ANALYTICAL chemistry

The potential of bioacoustics for surveying carrion insects.

Authors: Gorgeva, Elena¹ (AUTHOR) Elena.Gorgeva@canberra.edu.au, Robertson, James¹ (AUTHOR), Voss, Sasha² (AUTHOR), Hoogewerff, Jurian¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. Feb2025, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p122-141. 20p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *BIOACOUSTICS, *INSECT societies, *INSECT surveys, *MACHINE learning

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy as a Method for Identifying Variation in Puparial Morphology and Establishing Characters for Taxonomic Determination.

Authors: Elowsky, Christian¹ (AUTHOR) celowsky@unl.edu, Higley, Leon¹ (AUTHOR) lhigley1@unl.edu

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Jan2025, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p88. 38p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *LASER microscopy, *BLOWFLIES, *SCANNING electron microscopy, *EXCITATION spectrum

Attraction of common Australian blowflies to algal affected remains, and the specific effect of algae present in the food substrate on growth and survival of Calliphora stygia.

Authors: Bray, S.K.¹ (AUTHOR) skbray@deakin.edu.au, Conlan, X.A.¹ (AUTHOR), Harvey, M.L.¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. Apr2025, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p232-244. 13p.

Subject Terms: *INSECT societies, *FORENSIC entomology, *SUBSTRATES (Materials science), *BLOWFLIES, *FORENSIC sciences, *ALGAL growth

Classifying forensically important flies using deep learning to support pathologists and rescue teams during forensic investigations.

Authors: Gohe, Anna Katharina¹ (AUTHOR), Kottek, Marius Johann¹ (AUTHOR), Buettner, Ricardo¹ (AUTHOR) buettner@hsu-hh.de, Penava, Pascal¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 12/5/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 12, p1-18. 18p.

Subject Terms: *SEARCH & rescue operations, *FORENSIC entomology, *FORENSIC sciences, *COMPUTER vision, *BLOWFLIES, *DEEP learning, *FORENSIC pathology

Research Status of Sarcosaprophagous Beetles as Forensic Indicators.

Authors: Shao, Shipeng¹ (AUTHOR) 20224221080@stu.suda.edu.cn, Liu, Siqi¹ (AUTHOR) 20234221084@stu.suda.edu.cn, Li, Liangliang² (AUTHOR) 002325@sdupsl.edu.cn, Hu, Gengwang¹ (AUTHOR) 20214221010@stu.suda.edu.cn, Zhang, Yingna³ (AUTHOR) yingnazhang666@163.com, Wang, Yu¹ (AUTHOR) yingnazhang666@163.com

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Sep2024, Vol. 15 Issue 9, p711. 27p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *BIBLIOMETRICS, *STAPHYLINIDAE, *BEETLES, *MEDICAL cadavers, *FORENSIC sciences

Identification of Diptera Puparia in Forensic and Archeo-Funerary Contexts.

Authors: Vanin, Stefano^1,2 (AUTHOR) giuseppina.carta@edu.unige.it, Tuccia, Fabiola³ (AUTHOR) tuccia.fabiola@gmail.com, Pradelli, Jennifer³ (AUTHOR) jennifer.pradelli@gmail.com, Carta, Giuseppina¹ (AUTHOR), Giordani, Giorgia⁴ (AUTHOR) giorgia.giordani.gg@gmail.com

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Aug2024, Vol. 15 Issue 8, p599. 12p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *GENETIC databases, *ANALYTICAL chemistry, *DIPTERA, *LIPID analysis

Development Modeling of Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

Authors: Roe, Amanda¹ (AUTHOR) aroe@csm.edu, Wells, Jeffrey D.² (AUTHOR) jedwell@fiu.edu, Higley, Leon G.³ (AUTHOR) lhigley1@unl.edu

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Jul2024, Vol. 15 Issue 7, p550. 11p.

Subject Terms: *BIG data, *FORENSIC entomology, *BLOWFLIES, *MAGGOTS, *GAUSSIAN distribution

Evaluation of Wing Morphometrics for the Identification of the Blowfly Species Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) over 9 Years.

Authors: LÓPEZ-GARCÍA, Jaime¹ jaime.lopezg@edu.uah.es, CIFRIÁN, Blanca¹ blanca.cifrian@uah.es, BAZ, Arturo¹ arturo.baz@uah.es, MARTÍN-VEGA, Daniel^1,2 daniel.martinve@uah.es

Source: Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 2024, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p171-181. 11p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *BLOWFLIES, *MORPHOMETRICS, *FORENSIC sciences, *DIPTERA

HOFE: an interactive forensic entomological database.

Authors: Liu, Mandie¹ (AUTHOR), Qu, Yihong¹ (AUTHOR), Luo, Yifei¹ (AUTHOR), Jallow, Binta J J¹ (AUTHOR), Ma, Yuting¹ (AUTHOR), Luciano, Afito¹ (AUTHOR), Huang, Jingjing^2,3 (AUTHOR), Cai, Jifeng^1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Meng, Fanming^1,2,3 (AUTHOR)

Source: Database: The Journal of Biological Databases & Curation. 2024, Vol. 2024, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *GENE expression, *DATABASES, *GENOMICS, *UPLOADING of data

Differential effects of photophase on the reproductive behaviour of two species of medico‐legal relevance, Peckia (Peckia) chrysostoma (Wiedemann, 1830) and Peckia (Sarcodexia) lambens (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

Authors: Ferreira, Henrique Rafael Pontes¹ (AUTHOR) henrique.pontes@ufpe.br, de Moura Barbosa, Taciano¹ (AUTHOR), Vasconcelos, Simão Dias¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Medical & Veterinary Entomology. Mar2025, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p78-88. 11p.

Subject Terms: *SARCOPHAGIDAE, *FORENSIC entomology, *ANIMAL sexual behavior, *PARTURITION, *DAYLIGHT

Post‐mortem interval determinations using insects collected from illegally hunted and dehorned rhinoceros in the Republic of South Africa from 2014 to 2021.

Authors: Pienaar, Melanie¹ (AUTHOR) pienaarmelanie@saps.gov.za, Dadour, Ian R.^2,3 (AUTHOR) ian.dadour@sourcecertain.com

Source: Medical & Veterinary Entomology. Mar2025, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p58-68. 11p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *WILDLIFE crimes, *TIME of death, *ENTOMOLOGY, *RHINOCEROSES, *HUNTING

Geographic Terms: SOUTH Africa

A methodological approach to age estimation of the intra‐puparial period of the forensically relevant blow fly Calliphora vicina via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

Authors: Thümmel, Luise^1,2 (AUTHOR) thuemmel@med.uni-frankfurt.de, Tintner‐Olifiers, Johannes³ (AUTHOR), Amendt, Jens¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Medical & Veterinary Entomology. Mar2025, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p22-32. 11p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy, *MAGGOTS, *INSECT metamorphosis, *BLOWFLIES, *MACHINE learning, *FORENSIC sciences, *FOURIER transform spectroscopy

Molecular differentiation analysis of ten putative species of Fannia (Diptera: Fanniidae) collected in carrion‐baited traps from Colombia.

Authors: Durango‐Manrique, Yesica¹ (AUTHOR), López‐Rubio, Andrés¹ (AUTHOR), Gómez, Giovan F.² (AUTHOR) gfgomezg@unal.edu.co

Source: Medical & Veterinary Entomology. Mar2025, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p3-13. 11p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *IDENTIFICATION of animals, *BIOMARKERS, *APPLIED ecology, *DIPTERA, *PHENOTYPES

Geographic Terms: COLOMBIA

Geographical Distribution and Multimethod Species Identification of Forensically Important Necrophagous Flies on Hainan Island.

Authors: Qu, Yihong^1,2 (AUTHOR) quyihong88@163.com, Wang, Bo³ (AUTHOR) sapphirestrings@sina.com, Deng, Jianqiang³ (AUTHOR) forensicpatho@163.com, Feng, Yakai⁴ (AUTHOR) fyk734@126.com, Pi, Zhiyun¹ (AUTHOR) cynthia090721@126.com, Ren, Lipin^1,5 (AUTHOR) renlp87@126.com, Cai, Jifeng¹ (AUTHOR) renlp87@126.com

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Nov2023, Vol. 14 Issue 11, p898. 13p.

Subject Terms: *BIOGEOGRAPHY, *FORENSIC entomology, *IDENTIFICATION, *FORENSIC pathology, *RAIN forests, *FORENSIC sciences, TROPICAL climate

Geographic Terms: HAINAN Sheng (China)

Formicidae Faunal Succession on Buried Rabbit Carcass: Implications for Forensic Entomology.

Authors: Al-Mekhlafi, F. A.¹ falmekhlafi@ksu.edu.sa, Al-Zahrani, O.¹, Al-Khalifa, M. S.¹, Al-Qahtni, A. H.²

Source: Indian Journal of Animal Research. Nov2023, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p1517-1524. 8p.

Subject Terms: *FORENSIC entomology, *RABBITS, *FORENSIC sciences, *ANTS, *ANIMAL carcasses, *DEAD

Geographic Terms: RIYADH (Saudi Arabia), SAUDI Arabia

Company/Entity: KING Saud University

Estimation of temperature-dependent growth profiles for the assessment of time of hatching in forensic entomology.

Authors: Pigoli, Davide¹ (AUTHOR) davide.pigoli@kcl.ac.uk, Ferraty, Frédéric² (AUTHOR), Aston, John A D³ (AUTHOR), Mazumder, Anjali⁴ (AUTHOR), Richards, Cameron⁵ (AUTHOR), Hall, Martin J R⁵ (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). May2023, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p231-253. 23p.

Subject Terms: *Criminal investigation, Forensic entomology, Criminal procedure, Egg incubation, Crime scenes, Larval dispersal, Larvae, Dynamic models

Geographic Terms: United Kingdom

The effects of hydrated lime and bleach on carrion decomposition and associated insect succession.

Authors: McIntyre, Donna B.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Conlan, Xavier¹ (AUTHOR), Harvey, Michelle L.¹ (AUTHOR) michelle.harvey@deakin.edu.au

Source: Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. Aug2023, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p492-510. 19p.

Subject Terms: *LIME (Minerals), *FORENSIC entomology, *ANIMAL carcasses, *SPRING, *INSECTS

Geographic Terms: GEELONG (Vic.), VICTORIA