ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2016
Classification of forensically-relevant larvae according to instar in a closely related species of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae).
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- When insect development meets insect succession: Advantages of combining different methods and insect taxa in estimating the post-mortem interval.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2025Article
- Integrative taxonomy and species distribution models of the genus Diamesus Hope, 1840 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae).Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Description of larval morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Heterotemna tenuicornis (Silphidae).Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Metrological framework for selecting morphological characters to identify species and estimate developmental maturity of forensically significant insect specimens.Forensic sciences research · 2020Article
- Description of immature stages of Thanatophilus sinuatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae).International journal of legal medicine · 2019Article
- Larval identification key to necrophagous Coleoptera of medico-legal importance in the western Palaearctic.International journal of legal medicine · 2018Article
- Revisited larval morphology of Thanatophilus rugosus (Coleoptera: Silphidae).International journal of legal medicine · 2018Article
- Age estimation during the blow fly intra-puparial period: a qualitative and quantitative approach using micro-computed tomography.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
Carrion beetle larvae of Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758), Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Linnaeus, 1758), Thanatophilus sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775), and Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silphidae: Silphinae) were studied to test the concept that a classifier of the subfamily level may be successfully used to classify larvae according to instar. Classifiers were created and validated using a linear discriminant analysis (LDA). LDA generates classification functions which are used to calculate classification values for tested specimens. The largest value indicates the larval instar to which the specimen should be assigned. Distance between dorsal stemmata and width of the pronotum were used as classification features. The classifier correctly classified larvae of N. littoralis and O. thoracicum, whereas in the case of T. sinuatus and T. rugosus a few misclassifications were recorded. For this reason, a separate genus level classifier was created for larvae of Thanatophilus. We conclude that larval instar classifiers of the subfamily or genus level have very high classification accuracy and therefore they may be safely used to classify carrion beetle larvae according to instar in forensic practice.
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