Initial laboratory validation of temperature development models for Necrodes littoralis L. (Staphylinidae: Silphinae).

ABSTRACT: Development models of necrophagous insects are applied in forensic entomology for post-mortem interval estimation. Such estimates may be used as scientific evidence in legal investigations. For this reason, it is important that the models are valid and that the expert witness is aware of their limitations. Necrodes littoralis L. (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) is a necrophagous beetle species that frequently colonizes human cadavers. Temperature models of development for the Central European population of these beetles were recently published. In this article, we present results of the laboratory validation study for these models. Errors of beetle age estimation differed significantly between the models. Thermal summation models yielded the most accurate estimates, and the isomegalen diagram le

SUBMITTER: Gruszka J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10085910 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature