| minimum and maximum development rates of some forensically important calliphoridae (diptera). | blow fly development rates are frequently used to estimate elapsed time since death in homicide investigations in the first few weeks after death. however, in order to make more precise estimates of time since death, accurate developmental data must be generated for all carrion species, and at temperatures that are comparable with those found at crime scenes. this paper presents developmental rates determined for five forensically important species in british columbia, phormia regina (meigen), p ... | 2000 | 10914578 |
| comparison of decomposition rates and faunal colonization of carrion in indoor and outdoor environments. | decomposition and insect colonization of pig (sus scrofa l.) carcasses were observed over a 42-day period inside and outside a house in a suburban region of edmonton, alberta. three freshly killed pig carcasses were placed outdoors on grass and three carcasses were placed in separate rooms inside a house in a suburban residential area. the carcasses were examined and sampled regularly. outside carcasses were colonized rapidly by calliphora vicina (r-d), lucilia sericata (meigen), lucilia illustr ... | 2011 | 20840295 |
| seasonal and habitat abundance and distribution of some forensically important blow flies (diptera: calliphoridae) in central california. | seasonal and habitat calliphorid abundance and distribution were examined weekly for two years (2001-2003) in santa clara county, california, using sentinel traps baited with bovine liver. of the 34,389 flies examined in three defined habitats (rural, urban, and riparian), 38% of the total catch represented compsomyiops callipes (bigot) and 23% represented phormia regina (meigen). other flies collected in this survey included calliphora vomitoria (linnaeus), calliphora latifrons (hough), lucilia ... | 2011 | 21683536 |
| the identity of calliphora bezzii zumpt, 1956 (diptera, calliphoridae). | the holotype male of a nominal species described from italy, calliphora bezzii zumpt, 1956, including a microscope slide of its terminalia, was examined. the holotype is shown to belong to the nearctic taxon calliphora latifrons hough, 1899. thus, calliphora bezzii is a junior synonym of c. latifrons, syn. nov. | 2016 | 27701258 |