Rakopoulou Gabriella Dimitra, Dadour Ian Robert
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Source Certain, Research and Development, Wangara DC, Western Australia, 6947, Australia.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2025 Mar;21(1):11-22. doi: 10.1007/s12024-024-00796-6. Epub 2024 Mar 2.
The current study provides data on the composition of the dipteran and coleopteran fauna attracted to three different animal baits (chicken stomach, beef liver, fish) in the urban ecosystem of Athens, Greece. An additional objective was to examine the effect of bait choice by the collected taxa. Three trap locations were established within the Agricultural University of Athens. At each location two different types of baited traps were used to capture and record the local dipteran and coleopteran biodiversity. During the sampling period, a total of 2416 dipteran and coleopteran specimens representing 43 species were collected and identified. The three most abundant dipteran taxa were Sarcophaga sp. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The results showed that the structure of the local insect community associated with the decomposition of animal baits depends on the bait used for sampling. This study reinforced the feasibility of using animal tissues as attractants to a wide diversity of medical, parasitological and forensically important taxa. Overall, beef liver attracted the most insects with Diptera preferring beef liver and Coleoptera preferring chicken stomach. Furthermore, this study revealed that baits of one animal tissue did not attract all species but in combination a much better understanding of this biodiversity was achieved. Finally, from a forensic entomology perspective this study highlights the lack of understanding of the value of entomological data related to case work in Greece.
本研究提供了关于希腊雅典城市生态系统中，被三种不同动物诱饵（鸡胃、牛肝、鱼）吸引的双翅目和鞘翅目昆虫群落组成的数据。另一个目标是研究采集到的分类群对诱饵选择的影响。在雅典农业大学内设置了三个诱捕地点。在每个地点，使用两种不同类型的诱饵诱捕器来捕获并记录当地的双翅目和鞘翅目生物多样性。在采样期间，共采集并鉴定了代表43个物种的2416个双翅目和鞘翅目标本。三种数量最多的双翅目分类群是麻蝇属（双翅目：麻蝇科）、红头丽蝇、丝光绿蝇（双翅目：丽蝇科）。结果表明，与动物诱饵分解相关的当地昆虫群落结构取决于用于采样的诱饵。本研究强化了使用动物组织作为多种医学、寄生虫学和法医学重要分类群引诱剂的可行性。总体而言，牛肝吸引的昆虫最多，双翅目更喜欢牛肝，鞘翅目更喜欢鸡胃。此外，本研究还表明，单一动物组织的诱饵不会吸引所有物种，但组合使用能更好地了解这种生物多样性。最后，从法医昆虫学的角度来看，本研究凸显了希腊对与案件工作相关的昆虫学数据价值缺乏了解。
