Effect of low temperature in the development cycle of Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera, Calliphoridae): implications for the minimum postmortem interval estimation

• Main Authors: Laetitia Cervantès (Author), Laurent Dourel (Author), Emmanuel Gaudry (Author), Thierry Pasquerault (Author), Benoît Vincent (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Oxford University Press, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Knowledge of necrophagous insects' developmental data is necessary for the forensic entomologist to estimate a reliable minimum postmortem interval (PMImin). Among the most represented necrophagous species, Lucilia sericata (Diptera, Calliphoridae) is particularly interesting. It is regularly i...