Morphological Features of Regurgitate and Defecatory Stains Deposited by Five Species of Necrophagous Flies are Influenced by Adult Diets and Body Size

The morphological characteristics of artifacts from five species of necrophagous flies were examined following feeding on several types of diets. Four types of insect stains were produced by each species: regurgitate, defecatory, translocation, and tarsal tracks. Regurgitate was the most frequent type deposited (70.9 ± 2.4%), followed by defecatory (19.8 ± 4.0%), tarsal tracks (8.6 ± 1.2%), and translocation (0.7 ± 0.1%). Artifact shapes, sizes, and color were highly variable and species and diet specific. Calliphora vicina and Sarcophaga bullata consistently deposited the largest artifacts after feeding, whereas Chrysomya rufifacies and Ch. megacephala produced more tarsal tracks than the other species examined. Artifacts with tails were infrequently observed (4.1 ± 0.6% of all stains) but occurred as either defecatory or regurgitate stains. The widely variable morphologies of all types of fly artifacts underscores the view that insect stains cannot be distinguished from human bloodstains based on morphology alone.     

呼和浩特地区夏秋季常见嗜尸性蝇类的研究

目的研究呼和浩特地区常见嗜尸性苍蝇种类及其出现规律。方法观察法研究7～10月份兔尸上嗜尸性苍蝇种类变化。结果该地区兔尸上出现的双翅目嗜尸性苍蝇3科8属10种,主要有蝇科的家蝇、舍蝇、开普黑蝇、刺足齿股蝇、厩腐蝇;丽蝇科的丝光绿蝇、大头金蝇、铜绿蝇;麻蝇科的棕尾别麻蝇、肥须亚麻蝇。上述蝇类在尸体上出现时间及部位表现出很强的规律性。结论研究结果有望成为法医在呼和浩特地区对尸体进行死亡时间推断的依据。     

DNA‐Based Identification of Forensically Important Lucilia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Continental United States*

Abstract: Correct species identification is critical when dipteran larvae are used for inference of the postmortem interval. To facilitate DNA‐based identification of forensically important flies of the genus Lucilia in the continental United States, we develop a vouchered reference collection and DNA sequence database. A total of 122 specimens were collected for nine of the 10 species of Lucilia reported to occur in the continental United States. Using the polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing, data were obtained for an 1100‐bp region of the mitochondrial gene encoding cytochrome oxidase I (COI). We consider a species suitable for DNA‐based identification if it is exclusively monophyletic in >95% of bootstrap pseudoreplicate phylogenetic analyses. Seven of the nine species meet that criterion. Two species (Lucilia coeruleiviridis and Lucilia mexicana) share COI sequence and cannot be distinguished using our reference database. We conclude that DNA‐based identification is likely to be successful for the other seven species.     

China Ramps up Anti-Corruption Eforts

正WE are in a new era,and China’s anti-corruption drive is pressing ahead with new momentum.Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC)the central leadership has cracked a series of high-profile corruption cases that involve both high-ranking "tigers" and lowly "flies" as well as those who have fled the country,demonstrating its zero-tolerance for such misfeasance.It has been evident,     

利用16S rDNA序列鉴定常见嗜尸性蝇类种属

目的通过分析16S rDNA 551bp基因序列,鉴定常见嗜尸性蝇类种属。方法随机采集17个地区放置于室外草地的家兔尸体上7个种24只嗜尸性苍蝇样本,经形态学鉴定种类后,提取胸肌DNA,对16S rDNA 551bp基因片段进行PCR扩增,产物纯化、测序后上传GenBank;利用MEGA 4.0软件构建序列间的系统发育树,分析建立种内及种间进化分歧表。结果 24只样本16S rDNA序列分析显示7种蝇类可以较好聚类;其中棕尾别麻蝇种内进化分歧整体均数为2.8%,家蝇为1.5%,丽蝇科的5个种均在0.7%以内。上述7个蝇种的种间进化分歧均数在1.6%～7.1%之间。其中,棕尾别麻蝇、家蝇与其它蝇类的种间分歧均数在4.0%～7.1%之间。结论本文分析结果显示,蝇种间同源性相差明显,采用mtDNA 16S rDNA中551bp基因序列分析,可进行蝇种鉴定。