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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2026

The blow fly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as a forensic indicator: Thermal requirements of the immature stages and field validation of thermal summation data.

Daniel Martín-Vega, Blanca Cifrián, Arturo Baz, Víctor Fresnadillo-Castaño, Alba M Sánchez-Roldán, María Luisa Beringola, Aarón Pedreño, Luisa M Díaz-Aranda

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Daniel Martín-VegaDepartmento de Ciencias de La Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain. daniel.martinve@uah.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-5441
Blanca CifriánDepartmento de Ciencias de La Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain.
Arturo BazDepartmento de Ciencias de La Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-2940
Víctor Fresnadillo-CastañoDepartmento de Ciencias de La Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain.
Alba M Sánchez-RoldánDepartmento de Ciencias de La Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain.
María Luisa BeringolaServicio de Criminalística, Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Las Rozas, 28232, Madrid, Spain.
Aarón PedreñoBrigada Provincial de Policía Científica, Comisaría Provincial de Policía Nacional de Alicante, 03007, Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-8665
Luisa M Díaz-ArandaDepartmento de Ciencias de La Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-0544

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Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Policiales (ES) IUICP-2023/05
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Abstract

The blow fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a necrophagous species of major forensic relevance, widely used to estimate the minimum post-mortem interval (PMI

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CalliphoridaeDipteraForensic EntomologyLucilia sericataPostmortem ChangesTemperatureAnimalsFeeding BehaviorFemaleLarvaOvipositionPupaSwineForensic analysisForensic entomologyInsect developmentPMI estimationPost-mortem interval

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