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Abstract

Insects are a major contributor to human lives, both with their beneficial and harmful role. The last two decades have witnessed their increasing use in tracing absconding murderers for human and wild life. Forensic entomology has developed in the recent years as a fascinating branch of entomology. Forensically important invertebrates include Diptera, Coleoptera, and others. We discuss in this chapter insect succession and forensic entomology, developmental analysis of carrion insects and utility in forensic entomology, estimation of PMI, forensic entomotoxicological analysis, techniques used in study of forensic entomology, ultramorphological analysis of forensically important insects by scanning electron microscope and molecular identification techniques and maggot analysis, emerging technique and insects, and legal perspective.

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Abbreviations

ADD:

Accumulated degree days

ADH:

Accumulated degree hours

B. peregrine:

Boettcherisca peregrine

HCIFS:

Harris County Institute of forensic Sciences

L. sericata:

Lucilia sericata

mtDNA:

Mitochondrial DNA

PMI:

Postmortem interval

PMImin:

Postmortem interval

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TOC:

Time of colonization

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Ghosh, S., Banerjee, D. (2024). Forensic Entomology. In: Biology of Forensically Important Invertebrates. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5026-3_1

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