Diversity of Diptera species associated with pig carcasses in a Brazilian city exposed to high rates of homicide

Abstract Cities in northeastern Brazil experience extreme rates of unsolved homicides, a situation that stimulates innovative procedures in the police work, such as forensic entomology. We surveyed necrophagous insects associated with carrion in a city exposed to high rates of homicides in Northeast...

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Main Authors: Tadeu Morais Cruz, Taciano Moura Barbosa, Patrícia Jacqueline Thyssen, Simão Dias Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paz/v61/1807-0205-paz-61-e20216101.pdf