Effect of the killing method on post-mortem change in length of larvae of Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius, 1794) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) stored in 70% ethanol

It is recommended that insect larvae collected for forensic purposes should be killed using the same method as was used to create existing models for rate of development. Certain killing methods have been shown to be preferable because they cause less distortion of the specimens, but these are not a...

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Main Authors: Midgley, J M, Villet, Martin Herrer
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011140