Rearing five species of Diptera (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in Colombia in semicontrolled field conditions

The family Calliphoridae is widely known to lead the colonization of corpses and their development rates are frequently used to estimate the postmortem interval. This study presents the larval growth of five forensically important species of Calliphoridae in Colombia. Rearing took place in semicontr...

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Main Authors: María C. Vélez, Marta Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-01-01
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492008000600001