Bharti Meenakshi, Singh Devinder
Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb) 147 002, India.
J Forensic Sci. 2003 Sep;48(5):1133-43.
Insect faunal succession on decaying rabbit carcasses was carried out at Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab), India, from March 1997 to December 1999. Four stages of decomposition were recognized, i.e., fresh, bloated, decay, and dry. A total of 38 insect species belonging to four orders and 13 families were recorded. Diptera, Coleoptera, and Hymenoptera dominated the carrion fauna. Calliphorids were the first to arrive in all the seasons of the year. Five species of Calliphoridae, four of Sarcophagidae, ten of Muscidae, and one each from Anthomyiidae and Otitidae were observed on rabbit carcasses. Representatives of six Coleopteran families, i.e., Staphylinidae, Histeridae, Cleridae, Dermestidae, Tenebrionidae, and Silphidae, were recorded. Eight species belonging to family Formicidae (Hymenoptera) were also collected during the present studies. Only one species of Lepidoptera was observed on carrion.
1997年3月至1999年12月，在印度旁遮普邦帕蒂亚拉的旁遮普大学对腐烂兔尸上的昆虫区系演替进行了研究。识别出了四个分解阶段，即新鲜、肿胀、腐烂和干燥。共记录了属于四个目和13个科的38种昆虫。双翅目、鞘翅目和膜翅目在腐肉动物区系中占主导地位。丽蝇科昆虫在一年的所有季节中都是最先到达的。在兔尸上观察到了5种丽蝇科昆虫、4种麻蝇科昆虫、10种蝇科昆虫，以及各1种花蝇科和实蝇科昆虫。记录了鞘翅目6个科的代表，即隐翅虫科、阎甲科、郭公虫科、皮蠹科、拟步甲科和埋葬虫科。在本研究中还采集到了8种蚁科（膜翅目）昆虫。在腐肉上仅观察到1种鳞翅目昆虫。
