Benecke M
Forensic Biology Dept., New York, NY 10016, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 1998 Jul;43(4):797-805.
Insects are known to be useful in estimating the postmortem interval (PMI). Here several cases are reported which show that a wide range of applications in medicolegal questions and hygiene together or apart from estimating the PMI can be answered by use of forensic entomology techniques, including close observation of larval development. Case 1 describes how blowfly larvae fell from a putrefied corpse, hid, and finally emerged from pupae three months after disinfection and renovation. In case 2, the entomological state of the decomposed corpse of a heroin user is described. Case 3 deals with a single adult Protophormia terranovae found in the skull of a partially mummified woman. Case 4 reports the finding of Serratia marcescens bacteria in red Muscina stabulans pupae which were found on a 5-day-old corpse. In case 5, blowfly eggs on the corpse of another heroin user are interpreted as an indication of the decedent being laid outside at night after his death in a flat. Case 6 deals with the finding of Parasarcophaga argyrostoma, which in Cologne might be an indicator species which tells if a corpse was lying outside at least for some time.
众所周知，昆虫在估计死后间隔时间（PMI）方面很有用。这里报告了几个案例，这些案例表明，法医昆虫学技术，包括密切观察幼虫发育，可用于回答法医学问题和卫生领域中广泛的应用，无论这些应用是与估计PMI相关还是无关。案例1描述了蝇蛆如何从一具腐烂的尸体上掉落、隐藏起来，并在消毒和翻新三个月后最终从蛹中羽化。案例2描述了一名海洛因使用者腐烂尸体的昆虫学状况。案例3涉及在一名部分木乃伊化女性的头骨中发现的一只成年新大陆原伏蝇。案例4报告了在一具5日龄尸体上发现的红色厩螫蝇蛹中存在粘质沙雷氏菌。案例5中，另一名海洛因使用者尸体上的蝇卵被解释为死者死后夜间被放在公寓外的迹象。案例6涉及银色嗜尸性麻蝇的发现，在科隆，它可能是一种指示物种，可表明尸体是否至少在户外放置了一段时间。
