Identificación de los primeros registros para el Ecuador de Díptera con valor forense en cadáveres humanos

Abstract

Abstract:Criminal investigation always needs to be reliable, so it relies on scientific techniques such as forensic entomology that strengthens investigations in these areas. The Order Diptera has high forensic scientific value since it intervenes with a large number of species and specimens in the colonization of decomposing corpses. This work presents the first records for Ecuador of three species of Diptera, Chrysomya albiceps (Widemann 1819), Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794), and Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp, 1883) in the decomposition of human corpses. These species were identified from thirty-five individuals (thirty-two larvae in different stages and three adult individuals), collected in two autopsies in the city of Loja in the months of December 2015 and January 2016. The identifications were made with the help of dichotomous keys (morphological identification) and COI barcodes (molecular identification). These first records of diptera from real cases are the first milestone in the study of diptera with forensic value in Ecuador and provides scientific support to criminal investigation in the country.