Department of Forensic Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2021 Jun;37(3):295-294. doi: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.401001.
Entomological evidence provides entry points and clues for cases detection, in terms of estimation of the postmortem interval （PMI）, and place and cause of death. In recent years, the feasibility of entomological evidence in practice has been proved by theories and cases. It especially plays an important role in the investigation of cases with unnatural death, no monitoring, and highly corrupt cadaver. However, there are still some key issues to be further studied and standardized before the application of entomological evidence to forensic practice, to improve the effect of entomological evidence in forensic investigation and trial. This paper retrospectively reviews key studies of the application of entomological evidence in forensic science, mainly including discussion of forensic entomology inspection standard, identification studies of sarcosaprophagous insect species, collection of sarcosaprophagous insect growth and succession data under different environments and forensic entomotoxicology. With the rapid development of information technology and biotechnology, applying artificial intelligence and whole genome sequencing technology in forensic entomology has become a new research direction, which can improve the application value and range of entomological evidence in forensic science.
昆虫学证据为案件侦查提供了切入点和线索，可用于推断死亡时间（PMI）、死亡地点和原因。近年来，昆虫学证据在理论和案例方面的可行性已得到证实。它在调查非自然死亡、无监测和高度腐败尸体的案件中尤其发挥着重要作用。然而，在将昆虫学证据应用于法医实践之前，仍有一些关键问题需要进一步研究和标准化，以提高昆虫学证据在法医调查和审判中的效果。本文回顾了昆虫学证据在法医学中应用的关键研究，主要包括法医昆虫学检查标准的讨论、腐肉食性昆虫种类的鉴定研究、不同环境下腐肉食性昆虫生长和演替数据的收集以及法医昆虫毒理学。随着信息技术和生物技术的快速发展，将人工智能和全基因组测序技术应用于法医昆虫学已成为一个新的研究方向，这可以提高昆虫学证据在法医学中的应用价值和范围。
