Effect of the killing method on post-mortem change in length of larvae of Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius 1794) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) stored in 70% ethanol

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Midgley, John M ^a   Villet, Martin H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Forensic entomology; Killing method; Silphidae; Storage time; Thanatophilus micans

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THANATOPHILUS MICANS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ETHANOL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMERSION; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 60449100190     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0260-4     Document Type: Article

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