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IDENTIfiCATION OF MEGASELIA SCALARIS (LOEW, 1866) (DIPTERA: PHORIDAE) IN MUMMIfiED HUMAN BODY FROM ITACAMBIRA (MG), BRAZIL, USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS
Braga, Marina Vianna et al. | Date Issued: 2016
Author
Braga, Marina Vianna
Mendonça, Paloma Martins
Barbosa, Rodrigo Rocha
Blomquist, Gary James
Novo, Shênia Patricia Corrêa
Dutra, Juliana da Matta Furniel
Souza, Sheila Mendonça de
Queiroz, Margareth Maria de Carvalho
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Forense. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Forense. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Forense. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Nevada. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Reno, NV, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Laboratório de Paleoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa. Laboratório de Paleoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa. Laboratório de Paleoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Forense. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Severino Sombra. Mestrado Profisional em Ciências Ambientais. Vassouras, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Insect puparia were found adhered to the ribs and other tissues in the abdominal cavity of a natural male mummy found in Itacambira (State of Minas Gerais, Brazil) dating to the Colonial Period. They were collected for identification by scanning electron microscopy, and for comparison of several morphological features with those described in the literature. The puparia were found open and dorsoventrally flattened, making it difficult to visualize the dorsal projections. The tegument is covered by tapered spines and contains rows of small tubercles on the dorsal and lateral regions of the puparium. The posterior spiracle consists of four parallel openings arranged in pairs. These results are indicative that the specimens belong to the species Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae). Additionally, cuticular hydrocarbons of the puparia were analysed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and compared with the profile of M. scalaris reared in the laboratory.
Keywords in Portuguese
Ciência forense
Entomologia forense
Paleoentomologia
Phoridae
Microscopia eletrônica de varredura
Hidrocarboneto cuticular
 
Keywords
Forensic science
Forensic entomology
Paleoentomology
Phoridae
scanning electron microscopy
cuticular hydrocarbon
 
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation
BRGA, Marina Vianna; et al. Identification of Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae) in mummified human body from Itacambira (MG), Brazil, using scanning electron microscopy and cuticular hydrocarbons. Journal of Natural History, v.50, n.21-22, p.1381-1388, 2016.
DOI
10.1080/00222933.2015.1113320
ISSN
0022-2933