Pictorial identification key for species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of potential forensic importance in southern Brazil

Abstract

Pictorial identification key for species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of potential forensic importance in southern Brazil. Species of the subfamily Sarcophaginae are important to forensic entomology due to their necrophagous habits. This contribution presents a pictorial key for the identification of 22 Sarcophaginae species in 10 genera that are commonly found in southern Brazil. Photographs of the main structures used in species identification, mainly from the male terminalia, are provided.

Keywords

• Entomologia médico-legal
• morfologia
• sarcofagídeos
• taxonomia