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

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

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Oses-Rivera,Christopher Alexander, Astesiano,Edoardo Carlo Tosti-Croce
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Entomología 2020
Subjects:
Aquatic Insects
facultative necrophage
forensic entomology
Neotropical Region
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-89942020000100081
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