Standardized Laboratory Methodology for the Evaluation of Foraging Strategies in Necrophilous Beetles: A Case Study of Necrophila (Calosilpha) brunnicollis (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F21%3AN0000148" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/21:N0000148 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/21:10432629
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/1/40/5890084" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/1/40/5890084</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa163" target="_blank" >10.1093/jme/tjaa163</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Standardized Laboratory Methodology for the Evaluation of Foraging Strategies in Necrophilous Beetles: A Case Study of Necrophila (Calosilpha) brunnicollis (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
Original language description
Precise data regarding feeding habits of necrobiont species are a key element of food web and evolutionary ecology. They can also be used to assess the utility and value of those species for forensic entomology, where obligatory necrophagous species in particular are considered good bioindicators of postmortem or preappearance interval. However, the feeding habits of many species are known only from anecdotal field observations, often reduced to vaguely defined categories-predatory, necrophagous, or omnivorous. To address this issue, we designed a simple, in vitro behavioral experiment allowing the quantification of food preferences. Next, we applied it on Necrophila (Calosilpha) brunnicollis (Kraatz, 1877), which is a common carrion beetle of East Asia with unresolved food preferences. The results suggest that this species is preferentially necrophagous, thus valuable for forensic research. Importantly, however, our experimental design allowed us to reveal that it also readily feeds on larvae of Diptera, although they compose a minor proportion of its diet. This methodology can be applied to other species, and it could provide evidence for future decision making in forensic research.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
ISSN
0022-2585
e-ISSN
1938-2928
Volume of the periodical
58
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
40-46
UT code for WoS article
000610545300005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85100069321