Revisited larval morphology of Thanatophilus rugosus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41330/18:75227

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00414-017-1764-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00414-017-1764-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-017-1764-6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-017-1764-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Revisited larval morphology of Thanatophilus rugosus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Original language description

Determination of insect species and their instars, occurring on human remains, is important information that allows us to use insects for estimation of postmortem interval and detect possible manipulation with the body. However, larvae of many common species can be identified only by molecular methods, which is not always possible. The instar determination is even more challenging, and qualitative characters that would allow a more precise identification are mostly unknown. Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a common necrophagous beetle in the whole Palaearctic region from Europe to Japan. The species is often encountered on corpses of large vertebrates including humans, and its potential to become a useful bioindicator for forensic entomology is therefore high. Adults can be easily distinguished from other species; however, larvae were never thoroughly described to allow species and instar identification. The aim of this study was to provide reliable morphological characters that would allow species and instar identification of T. rugosus larvae. The material for morphological study was obtained from rearing under controlled conditions (20 °C and 12:12 h of light/dark period), and specimens that were not studied morphologically were allowed to complete their development. Quantitative and qualitative morphological characters for instar and species identification are described and illustrated. Additionally, we report observations of biology and developmental length for all stages of the species. © 2017 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10616 - Entomology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Legal Medicine

ISSN

0937-9827

e-ISSN

1437-1596

Volume of the periodical

132

Issue of the periodical within the volume

December

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1-16

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