Metrological framework for selecting morphological characters to identify species and estimate developmental maturity of forensically significant insect specimens

Accurate age estimates of immature necrophagous insects associated with a human or animal body can provide evidence of how long the body has been dead. These estimates are based on species-specific details of the insects’ aging processes, and therefore require accurate species identification and dev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Mark Midgley, Martin Herrer Villet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Forensic Sciences Research
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2020.1794347