Chen C D, Nazni W A, Lee H L, Hashim R, Abdullah N A, Ramli R, Lau K W, Heo C C, Goh T G, Izzul A A, Sofian-Azirun M
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Medical Entomology Unit, WHO Collaborating Centre for Vectors, Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Trop Biomed. 2014 Jun;31(2):381-6.
This study reported the ant species that were recovered from monkey carcasses in three different ecological habitats in Malaysia. The study was conducted from 9 May - 10 October 2007, 6 May - 6 August 2008 and 26 May - 14 July 2009 in forested area (Gombak, Selangor), coastal area (Tanjong Sepat, Selangor) and highland area (Bukit Cincin, Pahang), respectively. Monkey carcass was used as a model for human decomposition in this study. A total of 4 replicates were used in each of the study sites. Ants were observed to prey on eggs, larvae, pupae and newly emerged flies. This study found that ant species could be found at all stages of decomposition, indicating that ants were not a significant indicator for faunal succession. However, different species of ants were obtained from monkey carcasses placed in different ecological habitats. Cardiocondyla sp. was only found on carcasses placed in the coastal area; while Pheidole longipes, Hypoponera sp. and Pachycondyla sp. were solely found on carcasses placed in the highland area. On the other hand, Pheidologeton diversus and Paratrechina longicornis were found in several ecological habitats. These data suggests that specific ant species can act as geographic indicators for different ecological habitats in forensic entomology cases in Malaysia.
本研究报告了在马来西亚三种不同生态栖息地从猴尸上采集到的蚂蚁种类。研究分别于2007年5月9日至10月10日、2008年5月6日至8月6日以及2009年5月26日至7月14日在森林地区（雪兰莪州贡巴克）、沿海地区（雪兰莪州丹绒士拔）和高地地区（彭亨州直冷岳）进行。在本研究中，猴尸被用作人类尸体分解的模型。每个研究地点共使用了4个重复样本。观察到蚂蚁会捕食卵、幼虫、蛹和新羽化的苍蝇。本研究发现，在分解的各个阶段都能发现蚂蚁种类，这表明蚂蚁并非动物演替的重要指示生物。然而，从放置在不同生态栖息地的猴尸上获得了不同种类的蚂蚁。心盾蚁属物种仅在放置于沿海地区的尸体上被发现；而长足盘腹蚁、低庞蚁属物种和厚结猛蚁仅在放置于高地地区的尸体上被发现。另一方面，杂食牛蚁和长角小家蚁在多个生态栖息地被发现。这些数据表明，特定的蚂蚁种类可作为马来西亚法医昆虫学案例中不同生态栖息地的地理指示生物。
