A catalogue of Coleoptera specimens with potential forensic interest in the Goulandris Natural History Museum collection

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Published: Nov 8, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.11549
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forensic entomology Goulandris Museum necrophagous Silphidae Staphylinidae
Maria Dimaki
Goulandris Natural History Museum, 100 Othonos St. 14562 Kifissia, Greece
Maria Anagnou-Veroniki
Makariou 13, 15343 Aghia Paraskevi (Athens), Greece
Jason Tylianakis
Zoology Department, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract

This paper presents a catalogue of the Coleoptera specimens in the Goulandris Natural History Museum collection that have potential forensic interest. Forensic entomology can help to estimate the time elapsed since death by studying the necrophagous insects collected on a cadaver and its surroundings. In this paper forty eight species (369 specimens) are listed that belong to seven families: Silphidae (3 species), Staphylinidae (6 species), Histeridae (11 species), Anobiidae (4 species), Cleridae (6 species), Dermestidae (14 species), and Nitidulidae (4 species). The aim of this paper is to present this collection and its importance for studying forensic entomology.

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