Human costal cartilage, tooth cavities, and femur nutrient canals-new niches for insects used in forensic entomology

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064211%3A_____%2F25%3AW0000058" target="_blank" >RIV/00064211:_____/25:W0000058 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41330/25:106359 RIV/00216208:11130/25:10497422 RIV/00216208:11310/25:10497422

Result on the web

<a href="https://oadoi.org/10.1093/fsr/owae028" target="_blank" >https://oadoi.org/10.1093/fsr/owae028</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owae028" target="_blank" >10.1093/fsr/owae028</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Human costal cartilage, tooth cavities, and femur nutrient canals-new niches for insects used in forensic entomology

Original language description

The study aimed to analyze the entomological material collected during 13 autopsies performed on the unidentified cadavers revealed at different stages of decay in the Upper Silesia Region (Poland) over 2016-2022. During the preparation of human tissues for genetic identification, we revealed larvae, puparia, and adult insects in previously undescribed locations: costal cartilage, femur nutrient canals (foramen nutrients), and tooth cavities. The taxonomical assessment was done using morphological examination or DNA barcoding, where necessary. Based on our observations, we conclude that the apical constriction, foramen, and cavities may serve as migration paths inside teeth, and the femur nutrient canals to the bone marrow. The study also revealed that the beetle Necrobia ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775) and the moth family Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 (Phycitinae) moths can form pupal chambers inside the costal cartilage, indicating that these insects can complete their life cycle inside this cache. We believe that the newly reported locations of carrion insects in human remains may be relevant to forensic entomology, as they provide new opportunities to collect insect evidence.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30501 - Forensic science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

FORENSIC SCIENCES RESEARCH

ISSN

2096-1790

e-ISSN

2471-1411

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001473404900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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