Osteophagia by Nasutitermes guayanae (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) on human bone remains in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Osteophagia by Nasutitermes guayanae (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) on human bone remains in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

Published:2021-12 Issue:4 Volume:51 Page:347-351
ISSN:1809-4392
Container-title:Acta Amazonica
language:
Short-container-title:Acta Amaz.

Author:

RAMOS-PASTRANA Yardany¹^ORCID,CÓRDOBA-SUAREZ Eric²,WOLFF Marta³

Affiliation:

1. Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia; Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

2. Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia

3. Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the first report of Nasutitermes guayanae feeding on human bone remains found in an urban area of the municipality of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, in the Colombian Amazon piedmont. The record indicates an expansion in the diet of these termites. The observation suggests that the association of N. guayanae with decomposing bodies may be a possible tool for the estimation of postmortem intervals.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Link

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v51n4/1809-4392-aa-51-04-347.pdf

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