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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2020

A mummified human corpse and associated insects of forensic importance in indoor conditions.

Marcin Kadej, Łukasz Szleszkowski, Agata Thannhäuser, Tomasz Jurek

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Insects · 2022
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  6. "Salt mummification" - atypical method of embalming a corpse.International journal of legal medicine · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Marcin KadejDepartment of Forensic Biology and Entomology, Faculty of Biological Science, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, PL-51-148, Wrocław, Poland. marcin.kadej@uwr.edu.pl.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5983-0402
Łukasz SzleszkowskiDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4539-0391
Agata ThannhäuserDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-9543
Tomasz JurekDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-0276

Funding

University of Wrocław 1076/Ś/IBŚ/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report, for the first time from Poland, the presence of Dermestes haemorrhoidalis (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) on a mummified human corpse found in a flat (Lower Silesia province, south-western Poland). Different life stages of D. haemorrhoidalis were gathered from the cadaver, and the signs of activity of these beetles (i.e. frass) were observed. On the basis of these facts, we concluded that the decedent, whose remains were discovered in the flat on 13 December 2018, died no later than the summer of 2018, with a strong probability that death occurred even earlier (2016 or 2017). A case history, autopsy findings, and entomological observations are provided. The presence of larvae of Dermestidae in the empty puparia of flies is reported for the first time. A list of the invertebrate species found in the corpse is provided, compared with available data, and briefly discussed.

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CadaverConfined SpacesForensic EntomologyAnimalsColeopteraFeeding BehaviorHumansInsectaMaleMiddle AgedPolandDecompositionDermestesForensic entomologyIndoorInsects, mummified human corpse

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PMID32666322
PMCPMC7417388

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