›› 2008, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 210-213.

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Advances of the Study of Sarcosaphagous Insects in Forensic Medicine

WANG BANG-QIN1, CAI JI-FENG2,3, GE YAN2, LI FA-ZHAO1, MAN YI1, CHANG YUN-FENG3 (1. CENTER OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THIRD XIANG-YA HOSPITAL, CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, CHANGSHA 410013, CHINA; 2. CENTER OF PSYCHOLOGY OF SECOND XIANG-YA HOSPITAL, CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVER   

  • Online:2008-06-25 Published:2008-06-28

Abstract: The study of sarcosaphagous insects is a subspecialty in forensic medicine based on the knowledge of entomology. It could help to determine the time of death, especially the postmortem interval in decomposed cases. This paper explores its history, species and erosion process of sarcosaphagous insects.It reviews the species identifying methods with molecular biology and entomological morphology. Details of its application in estimating postmortem interval in recent years and study of sarcosaphagous insects in the field of forensic medicine are summarized.

Key words: forensic entomology, sarcosaphagous insects, postmortem interval, advances