First report of maggots of family piophilidae recovered from human cadavers in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nazni, W.A., Jeffery, J., Sa'djyah, L., Noorijuliana, W.M., Chen, C.D., Rohayu, S.A., Hafizam, A.H., Lee, H.L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: QH301 Biology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8492/1/First_report_of_maggots_of_family_Piophilidae_recovered_from_human_cadavers_in_Malaysia.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8492/

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...