| Author | Mendonça, Paloma Martins | |
| Author | Santos-Mallet, Jacenir R. | |
| Author | Mello, Rubens Pinto de | |
| Author | Gomes, Leonardo | |
| Author | Queiroz, Margareth Maria de Carvalho | |
| Access date | 2019-04-16T16:22:47Z | |
| Available date | 2019-04-16T16:22:47Z | |
| Document date | 2008 | |
| Citation | MENDONÇA, Paloma Martins et al. Identification of fly eggs using scanning electron microscopy for forensic investigations. Micron, v. 39, p. 802-807, 2008. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0968-4328 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32524 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Elsevier | pt_BR |
| Rights | restricted access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Diptera | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Ovos | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Moscas | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Entomologia forense | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura | pt_BR |
| Title | Identification of fly eggs using scanning electron microscopy for forensic investigations | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.micron.2008.01.014 | |
| Abstract | Forensic entomology is the science that studies the role of insects in decomposing corpses and one of the most common uses is to estimate the post-mortem interval (PMI) based on insect activity on a decomposing body. Usually, flies are the first insects to reach a carcass and are able to oviposit on carrion within a few hours after death. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) gives detailed information about morphological characters helping to identify the immature forms of flies and consequently serves as a tool in crime scene investigations. Sometimes, only eggs and larvae are found in corpses. Some dipteral species are important because their larvae develop in organic matter. The aim of this study is to identify eggs of species of forensic importance, such as Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya putoria, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia eximia and Ophyra aenescens, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). C. megacephala had no anastomosis or holes at the top of the islands and C. putoria had few anastomoses and no holes, whereas L. eximia and O. aenescens were found to have anastomoses and holes and L. cuprina had only anastomoses. The median area was bifurcated anteriorly in C. megacephala, L. eximia and O. aenescens and rounded in C. putoria and L. cuprina. Also the sculptures observed in the chorionic cells, the length and the way that median area ends up posteriorly are characteristics of great diagnostic value to identify muscoids of forensic importance. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Eco-epidemiologia de Doença de Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Setor de Morfologia, Ultraestrutura e Bioquímica de Artrópodes e Parasitas. Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Eco-epidemiologia de Doença de Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Eco-epidemiologia de Doença de Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Diptera | pt_BR |
| Subject | Eggs | pt_BR |
| Subject | Flies | pt_BR |
| Subject | Scanning electron microscopy | pt_BR |
| Subject | Forensic entomology | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1878-4291 | |
| Embargo date | 2022-01-01 | |
