Determination of Forensically Important Coleoptera and Calliphoridae Diptera Species on Decomposing Dog Canis lupus familiaris L. Carcass at Ankara Province ​

Year 2012, Volume: 40 Issue: 1, 99 - 103, 01.01.2012

Osman Sert Mahmut Kabalak Burcu Şabanoğlu

Abstract

In this study, decomposition process of a dog Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus 1758 carcass was examined and 21 species belonging to the families Staphylinidae, Histeridae, Dermestidae, Nitidulidae, Cleridae, Scarabaeidae, Carabidae Coleoptera , Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae Diptera and Vespidae Hymenoptera were collected during two months period at Hacettepe University Beytepe Campus Ankara in 2002. This is the first study in Turkey on forensic entomology and the insect fauna of a dog carcass.

Keywords

dog carcass, Forensic entomology, Coleoptera, Diptera

Ankara İlinde Çürümekte Olan Köpek Canis lupus familiaris L. Leşi Üzerinde Adli Önemi Olan Coleoptera ve Calliphoridae Diptera Türlerinin Tespit Edilmesi

Abstract

B u çalışmada, 2002 yılında Ankara Hacettepe Üniversitesi Beytepe Kampüsünde iki aylık dönem boyunca köpek Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus 1758 leşinin çürüme süreci incelenmiş ve Staphylinidae, Histeridae, Dermestidae, Nitidulidae, Cleridae, Scarabaeidae, Carabidae Coleoptera , Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae Diptera ve Vespidae Hymenoptera familyalarından 21 tür toplanmıştır. Bu çalışma Türkiye’de adli entomoloji ve köpek leşi böcek faunası üzerinde yapılan ilk çalışmadır

Keywords

Köpek leşi, adli entomoloji, Coleoptera, Diptera

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