Developmental Models of the Forensically Important Carrion Beetle, Thanatophilus sinuatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Author:

Montoya-Molina Santiago1,Jakubec Pavel1ORCID,Qubaiová Jarin1,Novák Martin1,Šuláková Hana12,Růžička Jan1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká, Praha – Suchdol, Czech Republic

2. Police of the Czech Republic, Institute of Criminalistics Prague, Praha, Czech Republic

Abstract

Abstract Carrion beetles of genus Thanatophilus (Leach, 1815) are an important group of necrophagous insects, with great potential for forensic entomology in temperate zones of Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Developmental models for majority of Thanatophilus species remain unknown. In this study, we will provide new thermal summation models for all the developmental stages of Thanatophilus sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775), one of the most abundant and widespread species of the genus. The beetles were bred at seven different constant temperatures, and developmental time was measured for each developmental stage (egg, three larval instars, postfeeding stage, and pupa). Temperature–sex influence was tested, and thermal summation constants were calculated to be used for postmortem interval estimation during criminal investigations.

Funder

Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic

Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, CULS Prague

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Insect Science,General Veterinary,Parasitology

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