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Ultrastructural studies of some character of Diptera (Muscidae) of forensically importance
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CARRICO, César et al. Ultrastructural studies of some character of Diptera (Muscidae) of forensically importance. Acta Tropica, v.142, p.96-102, 2015.
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10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.11.005
Autor
Carriço, César
Mendonça, Paloma Martins
Cortinhas, Lucas Barbosa
Santos-Mallet, Jacenir R.
Queiroz, Margareth Maria de Carvalho
Resumen
Insects are important in the decomposition of cadavers. In the field of forensic entomology, the taxonomic
identification is essential to proceed to any procedure. The use of these insects in medico criminal
investigation is the object of forensic entomological studies; the flies are generally attracted to cadavers
and one of the most important contributions is to estimate the postmortem interval. The scanning
electron microscopy, which allows rapid and accurate identification of character could be used to help
identify different species of forensics flies, has been highlighted as it allows better visualization of the
external morphology of immature and some adults. The aim of this study was to describe the katepisternals
in females of Morellia humeralis and Biopyrellia bipuncta; the ommatidia of the compounds eyes
of the male of B. bipuncta; the antennae of females of Ophyra aenescens and Ophyra albuquerquei and the
ocellar triangle of the last two species and O. chalcogaster examined by scanning electron microscopy to
help increase the anatomical database on flies for forensic importance. The katepisternals of M. humeralis
and B. bipuncta were densely covered by different groups of sensilla. The surface of the ocellar region of
O. aenescens was not covered by sensilla, but in O. albuquerquei and O. chalcogaster were densely covered
by different types of sensilla. The coeloconic sensilla were only found in the flagellum of O. albuquerquei. Fev. 2016