- Title
- Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance:
- Creator
- Lutz, Lena, Williams, Kirstin A, Villet, Martin H, Ekanem, Mfon
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140620
- Identifier
- vital:37904
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1654-y
- Description
- Necrophagous blowflies can provide an excellent source of evidence for forensic entomologists and are also relevant to problems in public health, medicine, and animal health. However, access to useful information about these blowflies is constrained by the need to correctly identify the flies, and the poor availability of reliable, accessible identification tools is a serious obstacle to the development of forensic entomology in the majority of African countries. In response to this need, a high-quality key to the adults of all species of forensically relevant blowflies of Africa has been prepared, drawing on high-quality entomological materials and modern focus-stacking photomicroscopy. This new key can be easily applied by investigators inexperienced in the taxonomy of blowflies and is made available through a highly accessible online platform. Problematic diagnostic characters used in previous keys are discussed.
- Format
- 12 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International journal of legal medicine, Lutz, L., Williams, K.A., Villet, M.H., Ekanem, M. and Szpila, K., 2018. Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance. International journal of legal medicine, 132(3), pp.831-842., International journal of legal medicine volume 132 number 3 831 842 August 2017 1437-1596
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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
SDG 15. Life On Land
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