The blowfly Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as a new forensic indicator in Central Europe

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Grassberger, Martin ^a   Friedrich, Elisabeth ^a   Reiter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Chrysomya albiceps; Development time; Forensic entomology; Post mortem interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOWFLY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HATCHING; HUMAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LUCILIA SERICATA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME OF DEATH; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0038176386     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0323-x     Document Type: Article

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