Journal
INSECTS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/insects12030230
Keywords
forensic entomology; postmortem interval; development; succession; species identification
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31872258, 32070508, 82002007]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education
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This paper presents the recent chronology of forensic entomology in China, including the acquisition and application of identification, development, and succession data, as well as countermeasures to overcome difficulties and challenges. The research progress on species identification, temperature-dependent development, faunal succession, and entomological toxicology in China is reviewed, along with common applications of forensic entomology. Challenges faced by forensic entomologists in China are analyzed, and possible countermeasures are presented.
Simple Summary Forensic entomologists utilize sarcosaprophagous insect species to estimate the postmortem interval to aid death investigations. In this paper, we present the recent chronology of forensic entomology in China and illustrate how identification, development, and succession data are obtained and applied at the scale of such a large country. To overcome the difficulties and challenges forensic entomology faces in China, a number of countermeasures are provided. While the earliest record of forensic entomology originated in China, related research did not start in China until the 1990s. In this paper, we review the recent research progress on the species identification, temperature-dependent development, faunal succession, and entomological toxicology of sarcosaprophagous insects as well as common applications of forensic entomology in China. Furthermore, the difficulties and challenges forensic entomologists face in China are analyzed and possible countermeasures are presented.
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