Carrion Beetles Visiting Pig Carcasses during Early Spring in Urban, Forest and Agricultural Biotopes of Western Europe
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Auteurs : Jessica Dekeirsschieter ; François J. Verheggen ; Eric Haubruge ; Yves BrostauxSource :
- Journal of Insect Science [ 1536-2442 ] ; 2011.
Abstract
Carrion beetles are important in terrestrial ecosystems, consuming dead mammals and promoting the recycling of organic matter into ecosystems. Most forensic studies are focused on succession of Diptera while neglecting Coleoptera. So far, little information is available on carrion beetles postmortem colonization and decomposition process in temperate biogeoclimatic countries. These beetles are however part of the entomofaunal colonization of a dead body. Forensic entomologists need databases concerning the distribution, ecology and phenology of necrophagous insects, including silphids. Forensic entomology uses pig carcasses to surrogate human decomposition and to investigate entomofaunal succession. However, few studies have been conducted in Europe on large carcasses. The work reported here monitored the presence of the carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) on decaying pig carcasses in three selected biotopes (forest, crop field, urban site) at the beginning of spring. Seven species of Silphidae were recorded:
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Seven species of Silphidae were recorded: <italic>Nicrophorus humator</italic> (Gleditsch), <italic>Nicrophorus vespillo</italic> (L.), <italic>Nicrophorus vespilloides</italic> (Herbst), <italic>Necrodes littoralis</italic> L., <italic>Oiceoptoma thoracica</italic> L., <italic>Thanatophilus sinuatus</italic> (Fabricius), <italic>Thanatophilus rugosus</italic> (L.). All of these species were caught in the forest biotope, and all but <italic>O. thoracica</italic> were caught in the agricultural biotope. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Insect Sci</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">J. Insect Sci</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">insc</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Insect Science</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1536-2442</issn><publisher><publisher-name>University of Wisconsin Library</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">21867439</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3281487</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1673/031.011.7301</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Carrion Beetles Visiting Pig Carcasses during Early Spring in Urban, Forest and Agricultural Biotopes of Western Europe</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dekeirsschieter</surname><given-names>Jessica</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="corr1"><sup>a</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Verheggen</surname><given-names>François J.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Haubruge</surname><given-names>Eric</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Brostaux</surname><given-names>Yves</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><aff id="aff1"><label><sup>1</sup></label>Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium</aff><aff id="aff2"><label><sup>2</sup></label>Department of Applied Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium</aff></contrib-group><author-notes><corresp id="corr1"><label><sup>a</sup></label><email>entomologie.gembloux@ulg.ac.be</email></corresp><fn id="fn01"><p><bold>Editor:</bold> Tugrul Giray was Editor of this paper</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>29</day><month>6</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><elocation-id>73</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>1</day><month>6</month><year>2010</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>11</day><month>10</month><year>2010</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2011</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2011</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Carrion beetles are important in terrestrial ecosystems, consuming dead mammals and promoting the recycling of organic matter into ecosystems. Most forensic studies are focused on succession of Diptera while neglecting Coleoptera. So far, little information is available on carrion beetles postmortem colonization and decomposition process in temperate biogeoclimatic countries. These beetles are however part of the entomofaunal colonization of a dead body. Forensic entomologists need databases concerning the distribution, ecology and phenology of necrophagous insects, including silphids. Forensic entomology uses pig carcasses to surrogate human decomposition and to investigate entomofaunal succession. However, few studies have been conducted in Europe on large carcasses. The work reported here monitored the presence of the carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) on decaying pig carcasses in three selected biotopes (forest, crop field, urban site) at the beginning of spring. Seven species of Silphidae were recorded: <italic>Nicrophorus humator</italic> (Gleditsch), <italic>Nicrophorus vespillo</italic> (L.), <italic>Nicrophorus vespilloides</italic> (Herbst), <italic>Necrodes littoralis</italic> L., <italic>Oiceoptoma thoracica</italic> L., <italic>Thanatophilus sinuatus</italic> (Fabricius), <italic>Thanatophilus rugosus</italic> (L.). All of these species were caught in the forest biotope, and all but <italic>O. thoracica</italic> were caught in the agricultural biotope. No silphids were caught in the urban site.</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords
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