Diversity of Forensically Important Insects in Sabah

Diversity of forensically important insects were documented from two experiments using a monkey (long-tailed macaque, Macacafascicularis Raffles) and a pig (Susscrofa L.) carcasses. The experiments were conducted in shrub area of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu and in rural area of Menggatal district, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah respectively. Records were made daily on insects visiting the carcasses, the environmental temperatures and relative humidity.Blowflies, Chysomyamegacephala (Fabricius), Chrysomyarufifacies (Macquart) and Sarcophagabrevicornis (Ho) were the earliest species to... Mehr ...