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.
The postmortem interval (PMI) estimation, in cases where the body was discovered in an advanced stage of decomposition, is predominantly based on entomological evidence. However, very few forensically important species are sufficiently known in detail to allow a practical application. One of them is the carrion beetle, Necrophila (Calosilpha) brunnicollis (Kraatz, 1877). Its development from egg to adulthood was studied under a range of ecologically relevant constant temperatures to find parameters of thermal summation models. Developmental sexual dimorphism and the presence of developmental rate isomorphy were investigated. Herein we present the lower developmental thresholds and sum of effective temperatures for all developmental stages of N. brunnicollis (egg, first-third larval instar, postfeeding stage, and pupae). We did not find any evidence of developmental sexual dimorphism nor was the presence of developmental rate isomorphy confirmed. Our results present the first thermal summation model of the East Asian carrion beetle that can be used for the PMI estimation.
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- Coleoptera growth & development MeSH
- Forensic Entomology methods MeSH
- Pupa growth & development MeSH
- Larva growth & development MeSH
- Cadaver MeSH
- Postmortem Changes MeSH
- Sex Factors MeSH
- Models, Theoretical MeSH
- Temperature MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Life History Traits MeSH
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- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
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- Biochemie. Molekulární biologie. Biofyzika
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... 5.2.4.1 Basic function of the synapse 117 -- 5.2.4.2 Excitatory and inhibitory synapses 118 -- 5.2.4.3 Summation ... ... of postsynaptic potentials and the origin of the action potential 119 -- 5.2.5 Modelling electric properties ... ... Hrazdíra) 187 -- 11.2.1 Contact thermometric methods 188 -- 11.2.1.1 Thermal volume expansion of liquids ... ... 188 -- 11.2.1.2 Thermal expansion of metals 188 -- 11.2.1.3 Changes in electrical properties of materials ...
1. vyd. viii, 317 s. : il. ; 30 cm
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- Biochemie. Molekulární biologie. Biofyzika
- Učební osnovy. Vyučovací předměty. Učebnice
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- fyzika, biofyzika
- technika lékařská, zdravotnický materiál a protetika
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- Behavior MeSH
- Molecular Biology MeSH
- Nervous System Diseases MeSH
- Nervous System MeSH
- Neurochemistry MeSH
- Neurophysiology MeSH
- Neurons MeSH
- Neurosciences MeSH
- Publication type
- Monograph MeSH
- Conspectus
- Fyziologie člověka a srovnávací fyziologie
- NML Fields
- neurovědy
- biologie
