New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Autores
Mariani, Roxana; García Mancuso, Rocío; Varela, Graciela Luján; Kierbel, Ivana Lucila
Año de publicación
2017
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The study of carrion fauna associated with buried human corpses from a forensic perspective could provide useful information in criminal investigations. Insects and other arthropods remains sampled of 44 legally exhumed infant skeletons from La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). They were identified at different taxonomic levels depending on the state of preservation. The specific diversity, abundance and frequency were analyzed and each taxon was assigned to the hypothetical colonization sequence: burial colonization, post-exhumation contamination at cemetery deposit or soil fauna. The phorid Dohrniphora sp. is mentioned for the first time in Argentina as carrion fauna of underground colonization, and the assemblage of Dohrniphora sp., Megaselia scalaris and Hydrotaea aenescens is proposed as indicator of buried cadavers. These findings provide new useful data to be applied in forensic entomology research.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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Ciencias Naturales
Forensic entomology
Underground cadaver colonization
Forensic anthropology
Legal graves
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
spellingShingle New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariani, Roxana
Ciencias Naturales
Forensic entomology
Underground cadaver colonization
Forensic anthropology
Legal graves
title_short New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort New records of forensic entomofauna in legally buried and exhumed human infants remains in Buenos Aires, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mariani, Roxana
García Mancuso, Rocío
Varela, Graciela Luján
Kierbel, Ivana Lucila
author Mariani, Roxana
author_facet Mariani, Roxana
García Mancuso, Rocío
Varela, Graciela Luján
Kierbel, Ivana Lucila
author_role author
author2 García Mancuso, Rocío
Varela, Graciela Luján
Kierbel, Ivana Lucila
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Forensic entomology
Underground cadaver colonization
Forensic anthropology
Legal graves
topic Ciencias Naturales
Forensic entomology
Underground cadaver colonization
Forensic anthropology
Legal graves
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The study of carrion fauna associated with buried human corpses from a forensic perspective could provide useful information in criminal investigations. Insects and other arthropods remains sampled of 44 legally exhumed infant skeletons from La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). They were identified at different taxonomic levels depending on the state of preservation. The specific diversity, abundance and frequency were analyzed and each taxon was assigned to the hypothetical colonization sequence: burial colonization, post-exhumation contamination at cemetery deposit or soil fauna. The phorid Dohrniphora sp. is mentioned for the first time in Argentina as carrion fauna of underground colonization, and the assemblage of Dohrniphora sp., Megaselia scalaris and Hydrotaea aenescens is proposed as indicator of buried cadavers. These findings provide new useful data to be applied in forensic entomology research.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description The study of carrion fauna associated with buried human corpses from a forensic perspective could provide useful information in criminal investigations. Insects and other arthropods remains sampled of 44 legally exhumed infant skeletons from La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). They were identified at different taxonomic levels depending on the state of preservation. The specific diversity, abundance and frequency were analyzed and each taxon was assigned to the hypothetical colonization sequence: burial colonization, post-exhumation contamination at cemetery deposit or soil fauna. The phorid Dohrniphora sp. is mentioned for the first time in Argentina as carrion fauna of underground colonization, and the assemblage of Dohrniphora sp., Megaselia scalaris and Hydrotaea aenescens is proposed as indicator of buried cadavers. These findings provide new useful data to be applied in forensic entomology research.
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