Occurrence of Hymenoptera on Sus scrofa carcasses during summer and winter seasons in southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-396

  Gomes, Leonardo ^a   Gomes, Guilherme ^a   Oliveira, Helena Gutierrez ^a   Morlin Jr , José Jordan ^a   Desuo, Ivan Cesar ^a   Queiroz, Margareth M Carvalho ^b   Giannotti, Edilberto ^a   Von Zuben, Cláudio José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forensic entomology; Post mortem interval

Indexed keywords

AGELAIA PALLIPES; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLYBIA PAULISTA; SCAPTOTRIGONA DEPILIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 38049084725     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262007000300019     Document Type: Article

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