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17 November 2020 Developmental Models of the Forensically Important Carrion Beetle, Thanatophilus sinuatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
Santiago Montoya-Molina, Pavel Jakubec, Jarin Qubaiová, Martin Novák, Hana Šuláková, Jan Růžička
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Abstract

Carrion beetles of genus Thanatophilus (Leach, 1815) are an important group of necrophagous insects, with great potential for forensic entomology in temperate zones of Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Developmental models for majority of Thanatophilus species remain unknown. In this study, we will provide new thermal summation models for all the developmental stages of Thanatophilus sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775), one of the most abundant and widespread species of the genus. The beetles were bred at seven different constant temperatures, and developmental time was measured for each developmental stage (egg, three larval instars, postfeeding stage, and pupa). Temperature–sex influence was tested, and thermal summation constants were calculated to be used for postmortem interval estimation during criminal investigations.

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Santiago Montoya-Molina, Pavel Jakubec, Jarin Qubaiová, Martin Novák, Hana Šuláková, and Jan Růžička "Developmental Models of the Forensically Important Carrion Beetle, Thanatophilus sinuatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 58(3), 1041-1047, (17 November 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa255
Received: 30 July 2020; Accepted: 14 October 2020; Published: 17 November 2020
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KEYWORDS
developmental biology
forensic entomology
Silphinae
thermal summations model
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