Forensic Use of Megaselia abdita and M. scalaris (Phoridae: Diptera): Case Studies, Development Rates, and Egg Structure

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-209

  Greenberg, Bernard ^a   Wells, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Dermestidae; Forensic; Illinois; Medicolegal entomology; Megaselia abdita

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; DERMESTIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEGASELIA ABDITA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; NEARCTIC; PHORIDAE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHICAGO; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; OVUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032059728     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.205     Document Type: Article

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