Recinos-Aguilar, Yensy María García-García, María Dolores Malo, Edi A Cruz-López, Leopoldo Cruz-Esteban, Samuel Rojas, Julio C
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Journal of medical entomology
After death, a series of primary reactions occur that produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are released into the environment. In this study, we investigated if the succession of flies of forensic importance in the first hours after death is mediated by VOCs in order to better understanding of the ecology of necrophagous insects. In total,...
Wang, Man Wang, Yu Hu, Guoliang Wang, Yinghui Xu, Wang Wu, Maowang Wang, Jiangfeng
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Journal of medical entomology
Forensic entomologists usually estimate the minimum postmortem interval (PMImin) using the time required for the oldest immature insects found on the corpse to grow to its development stage and age at the time of discovery. The sheep blow fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) is a carrion fly found nearly worldwide, and important in forensics. We stu...
Ries, Ana Carolina R Costa-Silva, Vinícius Dos Santos, Charles F Blochtein, Betina Thyssen, Patrícia J
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Journal of medical entomology
Coleoptera is one of the largest taxon among animals and exhibits diverse eating habits. When associated with decaying corpses, beetles can be of great value in estimating the postmortem interval. In order to consolidate a useful database for the forensic field, it is necessary to study the entomological fauna associated with the carcasses in diffe...
Kang, David S Kim, Sungshil Cotten, Michael A Sim, Cheolho
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Journal of medical entomology
The taxonomy of Culex pipiens complex of mosquitoes is still debated, but in North America it is generally regarded to include Culex pipiens pipiens, Culex pipiens molestus, and Culex quinquefasciatus (or Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus). Although these mosquitoes have very similar morphometry, they each have unique life strategies specifically adap...
Nascimento, Débora Aline Souza Trindade, Frances Tatiane Tavares Silva, Alexandre de Almeida E
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Journal of medical entomology
Several experiments with Anopheles darlingi Root, an important malaria vector in the Amazon region, were carried out in the laboratory, depending on the large-scale production of viable larvae and adults. Certainly, improvements in rearing conditions, including dietary requirements, can strongly affect mosquito production. In order to increase the ...
Day, Corey A Armstrong, Eleanor G Byrd, Brian D
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Journal of medical entomology
Recent studies report extensive reductions in the abundance of the North American rock pool mosquito, Aedes atropalpus (Diptera: Culicidae), following the invasion of Ae. japonicus japonicus in the United States. Although developmental temperature is recognized as an important component of the invasion biology of Ae. j. japonicus, its impacts on th...
Seagle, Madeline P Vierling, Maximilian R Almeida, Ryan J Clary, D Jacob Hidell, Will Scott, Erin V Vargas, Carlos Smith, Kevin G
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Journal of medical entomology
Multiple species of ticks, including Ixodes scapularis (Say, Ixodida:Ixodidae), Amblyomma americanum (L., Ixodida:Ixodidae), and Dermacentor variabilis (Say, Ixodida:Ixodidae), occur in high and increasing abundance in both the northeast and southeast United States. North Carolina is at the nexus of spread of these species, with high occurrence and...
Eisen, Lars Eisen, Rebecca J
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Journal of medical entomology
Tick-borne diseases are increasing in North America. Knowledge of which tick species and associated human pathogens are present locally can inform the public and medical community about the acarological risk for tick bites and tick-borne infections. Citizen science (also called community-based monitoring, volunteer monitoring, or participatory scie...
Jakubec, Pavel Kadlec, Jakub Šípek, Petr
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Journal of medical entomology
Precise data regarding feeding habits of necrobiont species are a key element of food web and evolutionary ecology. They can also be used to assess the utility and value of those species for forensic entomology, where obligatory necrophagous species in particular are considered good bioindicators of postmortem or preappearance interval. However, th...
McGregor, Bethany L Blackburn, Jason K Wisely, Samantha M Burkett-Cadena, Nathan D
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Journal of medical entomology
Culicoides Latreille biting midges are small hematophagous flies that feed on a variety of vertebrate animals. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), a farmed species in the United States, can occur at high densities on farms. This elevated density of available hosts may result in greater abundance of midges and greater potential for disease t...
