Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
Trop Biomed. 2023 Sep 1;40(3):370-374. doi: 10.47665/tb.40.3.015.
Beetles (Coleoptera) are known to constitute forensic evidence in medico-legal investigations as their presence can be used to date human remains in almost all decomposition stages. Many forensic studies focus on the successional colonization pattern of flies (Diptera); however, beetles have not so far been studied extensively for this aspect. A beetle of the genus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986, A. chinensis (Boheman, 1858) (Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae), was found beneath a late decaying rabbit carcass at Paya Indah Wetland, Dengkil, Malaysia, for the first time. Both genus and species are already known to occur in Malaysia from literature.
鞘翅目（Coleoptera）甲虫已知可作为法医学调查中的证据，因为它们的存在可用于确定几乎所有分解阶段的人类遗骸的年代。许多法医学研究都集中在蝇类（双翅目）的连续定殖模式上；然而，迄今为止，甲虫在这方面还没有得到广泛研究。在马来西亚登吉尔的巴雅英达湿地，首次在一具晚期腐烂的兔尸下发现了一种来自 Afromorgus Scholtz，1986 属的甲虫，A. chinensis (Boheman, 1858)（鞘翅目：犀金龟科）。属和种都已经从文献中得知在马来西亚出现。
