Preliminary observation on the lepidopteran colonization on rat and rabbit carcasses in Malaysia
https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.37.4.1146
- Author:
Singh, S.
1
;
Yong, S.K.
2
,
3
;
Jalaludin, N.H.
3
;
Brau, E.
3
;
Shamsudin, N.N.
3
;
Keawbaingam, N.
4
;
Heo, C.C.
1
,
5
Author Information
1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000 Selangor, Malaysia&
2. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia&
3. Soil Assessment and Remediation (SAR) Research Group, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
4. Department of Environmental Science, School of Energy and Environment, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand
5. Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
- Publication Type:Other Types
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2020;37(No.4):1146-1151
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The immature stages of necrophagous insects such as Diptera and Coleoptera play
a vital ecological role in carrion decomposition. These invertebrates reduce the necromass
significantly through consumption and recycle nutrients into organic forms which are readily
being used by autotrophs or served as an abiotic storage in the soil ecosystem. Fly and beetle
larvae are frequently encountered decomposers on ephemeral resource patches; however,
lepidopterans associated with carrion decomposition is seldom reported. Here, we report
colonization of Monopis sp. (Tineidae) and an unknown species of Psychidae on a rat carcass,
and a Lithosiini caterpillar (Arctiidae) on a rabbit carcass in Peninsular Malaysia for the first
time. The feeding behaviour and their potential forensic implications are discussed.
- Full text:8.2020my1199.pdf
