First records of two species of Oriental scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from forensic cases

Thevan K 1 , Disney RH , Ahmad AH

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  • 1 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
Forensic Sci Int, 2010 Feb 25;195(1-3):e5-7.
PMID: 19944547 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.10.020

Abstract

In Penang, Malaysia, the Oriental and Afrotropical Megaselia curtineura (Brues) and the Oriental and Japanese Megaselia spiracularis Schmitz are reported from human corpses, these being the first reports of these species in such forensic cases.

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