Document Type

Article (Restricted)

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Abstract

Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Piophilidae) is reported from human cadavers in two separate forensic cases for the first, time in Malaysia. Both bodies were found indoors. The first case, was that of a male of unknown nationality and age and also contained maggots of the muscid Ophyra spinigera (Stein). The second case was a female Chinese whose body also contained other species of maggots but these were not identifiable.

Divisions

InstituteofBiologicalSciences

Publication Title

Tropical Biomedicine

Volume

25

Issue

2

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