04 Ara 2024 Çarşamba
Ultrastructural studies on the antenna of Diptera of forensic importance
Abstract :Insects play an important role in the decomposition of corpses, and this
role of insects helps to elucidate criminal events. Forensic entomology
requires that the species identification should be executed without error. The
most important insect group used in estimate the postmortem interval is
Diptera. By using scanning electron microscope, the external morphology of
insects can be examined better and identification can be made faster and more
accurately. The purpose of this study is to investigate some anatomical
structures of the antennas by using scanning electron microscopy of five
species of adult Diptera with forensic importance and to contribute to the
insect database with forensic importance. The insect species studied in this
study are: Calliphora vicina
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Chrysomia
albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819), Lucilia
cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830), Lucilia
sericata (Meigen, 1826) and Muscina
stabulans (Fallen, 1817). SEM images of five species of Diptera with
forensic importance were examined by photographing. The surface of the antennal
segments are covered with various number chaetic sensilla and trichoidea
sensilla. The position and number of chaetic sensillans on scape and pedicel
can be used as a taxonomic character
Forensic science, forensic entomology, ultrastructure, antenna, Diptera