First report of Rhantus validus Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) as necrophage and generator of postmortem artifacts in a human corpse found in an artificial freshwater pond from the Región de La Araucanía, Chile
The forensic information of criminal interest that can be obtained from a decomposing human corpse can be harmed by postmortem changes. The presence of the water beetle Rhantus validus feeding on a corpse found in an artificial freshwater pond in Peñehue, Región de La Araucanía, Chile, and postmorte...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedad Chilena de Entomología
2020-01-01
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Series: | Revista Chilena de Entomología |
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Online Access: | https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/59490 |