Revisiting the concept of entomotoxicology.

Until now, the term has only been used in medico-legal sciences. However, as a whole has a much wider scope and is just one of its branches. Based on the literature a wider definition of the term is presented. Today, we can distinguish two major branches of : 1) , which uses the insects as evidence of the presence of xenobiotics in decomposing tissue during an investigation and 2) , which uses the insects as bioindicators of environmental pollution in non-criminal circumstances. While is a relatively new discipline, research in began as far back as the 1920s. A review of the work in from the last 6 years is presented, covering several interesting new trends. This article aims to redefine entomotoxicology, which should increase awareness to bring more collaborations and multidisciplinary between related scientific fields.