Skipping clues: Forensic importance of the family Piophilidae (Diptera)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Martín Vega, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carrion insects; Forensic entomology; Piophilina; Thyreophorina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PIOPHILIDAE; PIOPHILINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBSPECIES; THYREOPHORINA;

EID: 80052334622     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.016     Document Type: Review

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