Effect of temperature on development of Liopygia (= Sarcophaga) argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and its forensic implications

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1332-1336

  Grassberger, Martin ^a   Reiter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Development time; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Liopygia argyrostoma; Myiasis; Postmortem interval; Sarcophaga argyrostoma; Sarcophagidae; Thermal constant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHRONOLOGY; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LARVA; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LINEAR MODELS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036847366     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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