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Abstract
Medico-legal entomology is the use of insects in legal matters. Knowledge of the distribution, biology, ecology and behavior of insects found at a crime scene can provide information on when, where and how the crime was committed.
This study was conducted to gather database information on necrophagous flies and their succession on carrion using rabbits as experimental models. In addition, studying the development time and mitochondrial DNA identification of the collected blowflies. Four stages of decomposition were observed (fresh, bloated, decay, and dry). The decomposition of carcasses in summer season was faster than that of other seasons. There was an interaction between decomposition of carcasses and colonization by insects and correlation between the stage of decay and the succession of insect families and species arriving at the carcass. The decomposition was slower when the arrival of the insects was delayed.
The most important families to breed on carrions are Calliphoridae such as Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826), chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794), and chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819), Sarcophagidae such as Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) and Muscidae such as Musca domestica Linnaeus and Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp) which can used as forensic indicators to estimate the post mortem interval (the minimum time since death).