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Insects and associated arthropods analyzed during medicolegal death
investigations in Harris County, Texas, USA: January 2013- April 2016
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The application of insect and arthropod information to medicolegal death
investigations is one of the more exacting applications of entomology.
Historically limited to homicide investigations, the integration of full time
forensic entomology services to the medical examiner's office in Harris County
has opened up the opportunity to apply entomology to a wide variety of manner of
death classifications and types of scenes to make observations on a number of
different geographical and species-level trends in Harris County, Texas, USA. In
this study, a retrospective analysis was made of 203 forensic entomology cases
analyzed during the course of medicolegal death investigations performed by the
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston, TX, USA from January
2013 through April 2016. These cases included all manner of death
classifications, stages of decomposition and a variety of different scene types
that were classified into decedents transported from the hospital (typically
associated with myiasis or sting allergy; 3.0%), outdoor scenes (32.0%) or indoor
scenes (65.0%). Ambient scene air temperature at the time scene investigation was
the only significantly different factor observed between indoor and outdoor
scenes with average indoor scene temperature being slightly cooler (25.2°C) than
that observed outdoors (28.0°C). Relative humidity was not found to be
significantly different between scene types. Most of the indoor scenes were
classified as natural (43.3%) whereas most of the outdoor scenes were classified
as homicides (12.3%). All other manner of death classifications came from both
indoor and outdoor scenes. Several species were found to be significantly
associated with indoor scenes as indicated by a binomial test, including
Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), all Sarcophagidae
(including B. plinthopyga), Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Phoridae),
Synthesiomyia nudiseta Wulp (Diptera: Muscidae) and Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann)
(Diptera: Calliphoridae). The only species that was a significant indicator of an
outdoor scene was Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). All other
insect species that were collected in five or more cases were collected from both
indoor and outdoor scenes. A species list with month of collection and basic
scene characteristics with the length of the estimated time of colonization is
also presented. The data presented here provide valuable casework related species
data for Harris County, TX and nearby areas on the Gulf Coast that can be used to
compare to other climate regions with other species assemblages and to assist in
identifying new species introductions to the area. This study also highlights the
importance of potential sources of uncertainty in preparation and interpretation
of forensic entomology reports from different scene types.