Effect of body mass and clothing on carrion entomofauna

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Szymon Matuszewski ; Katarzyna Frątczak…
• 关键词：Forensic science ; Forensic entomology ; Postmortem interval ; Carrion insects ; Diptera ; Coleoptera
• 刊名：International Journal of Legal Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：130
• 期：1
• 页码：221-232
• 全文大小：651 KB
• 参考文献：1.Amendt J, Campobasso CP, Gaudry E, Reiter C, LeBlanc HN, Hall MJ (2007) Best practice in forensic entomology—standards and guidelines. Int J Legal Med 121(2):90–104PubMed CrossRef
  2.Wells JD, LaMotte NL (2010) Estimating the postmortem interval. In: Byrd JH, Castner JL (eds) Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal investigations, 2nd edn. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp 367–388
  3.Amendt J, Richards CS, Campobasso CP, Zehner R, Hall MJ (2011) Forensic entomology: applications and limitations. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 7(4):379–392PubMed CrossRef
  4.Catts EP, Goff ML (1992) Forensic entomology in criminal investigations. Annu Rev Entomol 37(1):253–272PubMed CrossRef
  5.Villet MH, Amendt J (2011) Advances in entomological methods for death time estimation. In: Turk EE (ed) Forensic pathology reviews, vol 6. Springer, pp 213–237
  6.Villet MH, Richards CS, Midgley JM (2010) Contemporary precision, bias and accuracy of minimum post-mortem intervals estimated using development of carrion-feeding insects. In: Amendt J, Campobasso CP, Goff ML, Grassberger M (eds) Current concepts in forensic entomology. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 109–138
  7.Slone DH, Gruner SV (2007) Thermoregulation in larval aggregations of carrion-feeding blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J Med Entomol 44(3):516–523PubMed CrossRef
  8.Charabidze D, Bourel B, Gosset D (2011) Larval-mass effect: characterisation of heat emission by necrophageous blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval aggregates. Forensic Sci Int 211(1–3):61–66PubMed CrossRef
  9.Johnson AP, Wallman JF (2014) Effect of massing on larval growth rate. Forensic Sci Int 241:141–149PubMed CrossRef
  10.Goff ML, Omori AI, Gunatilake K (1988) Estimation of postmortem interval by arthropod succession. Three case studies from the Hawaiian Islands. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 9(3):220–225PubMed CrossRef
  11.Goff ML, Flynn MM (1991) Determination of postmortem interval by arthropod succession: a case study from the Hawaiian islands. J Forensic Sci 36(2):607–614PubMed
  12.Schoenly K, Goff ML, Early M (1992) A basic algorithm for calculating the postmortem interval from arthropod successional data. J Forensic Sci 37(3):808–823PubMed CrossRef
  13.Schoenly K, Goff ML, Wells JD, Lord WD (1996) Quantifying statistical uncertainty in succession-based entomological estimates of the postmortem interval in death scene investigations: a simulation study. Am Entomol 42(2):106–112CrossRef
  14.Matuszewski S, Szafałowicz M (2013) Temperature-dependent appearance of forensically useful beetles on carcasses. Forensic Sci Int 229(1–3):92–99PubMed CrossRef
  15.Matuszewski S, Szafałowicz M, Grzywacz A (2014) Temperature-dependent appearance of forensically useful flies on carcasses. Int J Legal Med 128(6):1013–1020PubMed PubMedCentral CrossRef
  16.Archer M (2014) Comparative analysis of insect succession data from Victoria (Australia) using summary statistics versus preceding mean ambient temperature models. J Forensic Sci 59(2):404–412PubMed CrossRef
  17.Matuszewski S, Bajerlein D, Konwerski S, Szpila K (2011) Insect succession and carrion decomposition in selected forests of Central Europe. Part 3: succession of carrion fauna. Forensic Sci Int 207(1–3):150–163PubMed CrossRef
  18.Hewadikaram KA, Goff ML (1991) Effect of carcass size on rate of decomposition and arthropod succession patterns. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 12(3):235–240PubMed CrossRef
  19.Komar D, Beattie O (1998) Effects of carcass size on decay rates of shade and sun exposed carrion. Can Soc Forensic Sci J 31(1):35–43CrossRef
  20.Simmons T, Adlam RE, Moffatt C (2010) Debugging decomposition data—comparative taphonomic studies and the influence of insects and carcass size on decomposition rate. J Forensic Sci 55(1):8–13PubMed CrossRef
  21.Spicka A, Johnson R, Bushing J, Higley LG, Carter DO (2011) Carcass mass can influence rate of decomposition and release of ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen into gravesoil. Forensic Sci Int 209(1–3):80–85PubMed CrossRef
  22.Sutherland A, Myburgh J, Steyn M, Becker PJ (2013) The effect of body size on the rate of decomposition in a temperate region of South Africa. Forensic Sci Int 231(1–3):257–262PubMed CrossRef
  23.Matuszewski S, Konwerski S, Frątczak K, Szafałowicz M (2014) Effect of body mass and clothing on decomposition of pig carcasses. Int J Legal Med 128(6):1039–1048PubMed PubMedCentral CrossRef
  24.Mitchell AD, Conway JM, Potts WJE (1996) Body composition analysis of pigs by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. J Anim Sci 74(11):2663–2671PubMed
  25.Bruns KW, Pritchard RH, Boggs DL (2004) The relationships among body weight, body composition, and intramuscular fat content in steers. J Anim Sci 82(5):1315–1322PubMed
  26.Slone DH, Gruner SV (2007) Thermoregulation in larval aggregations of carrion-feeding blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J Med Entomol 44(3):516–523PubMed CrossRef
  27.Madea B (2009) Death: time of. In: Moenssens A, Jamieson A (eds) Wiley encyclopedia of forensic science. Wiley, Chichester, pp 697–716
  28.Kelly JA, van der Linde TC, Anderson GS (2009) The influence of clothing and wrapping on carcass decomposition and arthropod succession during the warmer seasons in central South Africa*. J Forensic Sci 54(5):1105–1112PubMed CrossRef
  29.Voss SC, Cook DF, Dadour IR (2011) Decomposition and insect succession of clothed and unclothed carcasses in Western Australia. Forensic Sci Int 211(1–3):67–75PubMed CrossRef
  30.Anderson GS (2010) Factors that influence insect succession on carrion. In: Byrd JH, Castner JL (eds) Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal investigations, 2nd edn. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp 201–242
  31.Szpila K (2010) Key for the identification of third instars of European blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance. In: Amendt JC CP, Goff ML, Grassberger M (eds) Current concepts in forensic entomology. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 43–56
  32.Szpila K (2012) Key for identification of European and Mediterranean blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of medical and veterinary importance—adult flies. In: Gennard D (ed) Forensic entomology, an introduction. Willey–Blackwell, Chichester, pp 77–81
  33.Gregor F, Rozkošny R, Barták M, Vaňhara J (2002) The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Folia Biologia, Brno
  34.McAlpine JF (1977) A revised classification of the Piophilidae including ‘Neotophilidae’ and ‘Tyreophoridae’ (Diptera: Schizophora). Mem Entomol Soc Can 103:1–66CrossRef
  35.Keys for the identification of Polish insects, (1955–2008). Polish Entomological Society
  36.Freude H, Harde KW, Lohse GA (1971–1992) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
  37.Klausnitzer B (1991–2001) Die Larven der Käfer Mitteleuropas. Spektrum Akademisher Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin
  38.Grzywacz A, Lindstrom A, Hall MJ (2014) Hydrotaea similis Meade (Diptera: Muscidae) newly reported from a human cadaver: a case report and larval morphology. Forensic Sci Int 242:e34–e43PubMed CrossRef
  39.Rozkošny R, Gregor F, Pont AC (1997) The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Acta Sci Nat Acad Sci Bohemicae Brno 31:1–80
  40.Perez AE, Haskell NH, Wells JD (2014) Evaluating the utility of hexapod species for calculating a confidence interval about a succession based postmortem interval estimate. Forensic Sci Int 241:91–95PubMed CrossRef
  41.Bygarski K, LeBlanc HN (2013) Decomposition and arthropod succession in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. J Forensic Sci 58(2):413–418PubMed CrossRef
  42.Prado e Castro C, García MD, Martins da Silva P, Faria e Silva I, Serrano A (2013) Coleoptera of forensic interest: a study of seasonal community composition and succession in Lisbon, Portugal. Forensic Sci Int 232(1–3):73–83PubMed CrossRef
  43.Benbow ME, Lewis AJ, Tomberlin JK, Pechal JL (2013) Seasonal necrophagous insect community assembly during vertebrate carrion decomposition. J Med Entomol 50(2):440–450PubMed CrossRef
  44.Wang J, Li Z, Chen Y, Chen Q, Yin X (2008) The succession and development of insects on pig carcasses and their significances in estimating PMI in south China. Forensic Sci Int 179(1):11–18PubMed CrossRef
  45.Sharanowski BJ, Walker EG, Anderson GS (2008) Insect succession and decomposition patterns on shaded and sunlit carrion in Saskatchewan in three different seasons. Forensic Sci Int 179(2–3):219–240PubMed CrossRef
  46.Özdemir S, Sert O (2009) Determination of Coleoptera fauna on carcasses in Ankara province, Turkey. Forensic Sci Int 183(1–3):24–32PubMed CrossRef
  47.Anderson GS (2011) Comparison of decomposition rates and faunal colonization of carrion in indoor and outdoor environments. J Forensic Sci 56(1):136–142PubMed CrossRef
  48.Matuszewski S (2011) Estimating the pre-appearance interval from temperature in Necrodes littoralis L. (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Forensic Sci Int 212(1–3):180–188PubMed CrossRef
  49.Matuszewski S (2012) Estimating the preappearance interval from temperature in Creophilus maxillosus L. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). J Forensic Sci 57(1):136–145PubMed CrossRef
  50.Michaud JP, Moreau G (2009) Predicting the visitation of carcasses by carrion-related insects under different rates of degree-day accumulation. Forensic Sci Int 185(1–3):78–83PubMed CrossRef
  51.Eberhardt TL, Elliot DA (2008) A preliminary investigation of insect colonisation and succession on remains in New Zealand. Forensic Sci Int 176(2–3):217–223PubMed CrossRef
  52.Anton E, Niederegger S, Beutel RG (2011) Beetles and flies collected on pig carrion in an experimental setting in Thuringia and their forensic implications. Med Vet Entomol 25(4):353–364PubMed CrossRef
  53.Dekeirsschieter J, Frederick C, Verheggen FJ, Drugmand D, Haubruge E (2013) Diversity of forensic rive beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with decaying pig carcass in a forest biotope. J Forensic Sci 58(4):1032–1040PubMed CrossRef
  54.Mądra A, Konwerski S, Matuszewski S (2014) Necrophilous Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) as indicators of season of death and corpse relocation. Forensic Sci Int 242:32–37PubMed CrossRef
  55.Frątczak K, Matuszewski S (2014) Instar determination in forensically useful beetles Necrodes littoralis (Silphidae) and Creophilus maxillosus (Staphylinidae). Forensic Sci Int 241:20–26PubMed CrossRef
  56.Watson–Horzelski EJ (2012) Survival and time of development for Creophilus maxillosus (L.) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) at three constant temperatures. Coleopt Bull 66(4):365–370CrossRef
  57.Ireland S, Turner B (2005) The effects of larval crowding and food type on the size and development of the blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria. Forensic Sci Int 159:175–181PubMed CrossRef
  58.Shiao AF, Yeh TC (2008) Larval competition of Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae): behavior and ecological studies of two blow fly species of forensic significance. J Med Entomol 45(4):785–799PubMed CrossRef
  
• 作者单位：Szymon Matuszewski (1)
  Katarzyna Frątczak (1) (3)
  Szymon Konwerski (2)
  Daria Bajerlein (3)
  Krzysztof Szpila (4)
  Mateusz Jarmusz (3)
  Michał Szafałowicz (1)
  Andrzej Grzywacz (4)
  Anna Mądra (1) (2)
  
  1. Laboratory of Criminalistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Św. Marcin 90, 61-809, Poznań, Poland
  3. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
  2. Natural History Collections, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
  4. Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
  
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Forensic Medicine
  Medical Law
  Medicine/Public Health, general
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1437-1596

文摘

Carcass mass largely affects pattern and rate of carrion decomposition. Supposedly, it is similarly important for carrion entomofauna; however, most of its likely effects have not been tested experimentally. Here, simultaneous effects of carcass mass and clothing are analyzed. A factorial block experiment with four levels of carcass mass (small carcasses 5–15 kg, medium carcasses 15.1–30 kg, medium/large carcasses 35–50 kg, large carcasses 55–70 kg) and two levels of carcass clothing (clothed and unclothed) was made in a grassland habitat of Western Poland. Pig carcasses (N = 24) were grouped into spring, early summer, and late summer blocks. Insects were sampled manually and with pitfall traps. Results demonstrate that insect assemblages are more complex, abundant, and long-lasting on larger carcasses, whereas clothing is of minor importance in this respect. Only large or medium/large carcasses were colonized by all guilds of carrion insects, while small or medium carcasses revealed high underrepresentation of late-colonizing insects (e.g., Cleridae or Nitidulidae). This finding indicates that carcasses weighing about 23 kg—a standard in forensic decomposition studies—give an incomplete picture of carrion entomofauna. Residencies of all forensically relevant insects were distinctly prolonged on larger carcasses, indicating that cadaver mass is a factor of great importance in this respect. The pre-appearance interval of most taxa was found to be unrelated to mass or clothing of a carcass. Moreover, current results suggest that rate of larval development is higher on smaller carcasses. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that carcass mass is a factor of crucial importance for carrion entomofauna, whereas the importance of clothing is small. Keywords Forensic science Forensic entomology Postmortem interval Carrion insects Diptera Coleoptera