First occurrences of the Phorid, Megaselia abdita, in forensic cases in Britain
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1Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK. rhld2@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
|December 13, 2005
Abstract:
The first two cases of the occurrence of Megaselia abdita Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae) in human corpses in Britain are reported and a further case of M. rufipes (Meigen). In all three cases the corpses experienced low temperatures.

