A Preliminary Analysis of Insects of Medico-legal Importance in Curitiba, State of Paraná

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-274

  Moura, Mauricio Osvaldo ^a   De Carvalho, Claudio J B ^a   Monteiro Filho, Emygdio L A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrion fauna; Coleoptera; Diptera; Formicidae; Medico legal entomology

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; CHOLEVIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMILUCILIA; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA EXIMIA; PATTONELLA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SILPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INSECT; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INSECTS; RATS;

EID: 0031083247     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000200023     Document Type: Article

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