杭州地区猪尸体上昆虫群落的组成 与演替的初步观察

对杭州地区猪尸体的腐败过程及尸体上昆虫群落的演替规律,进行了初步观察和研究。结果表明,室外地表上猪尸体的腐败过程可以划分为新鲜、肿胀、腐烂、干化和残骸5个连续的阶段;常见昆虫包括3目、19科、33种,其中双翅目的巨尾阿丽蝇、丝光绿蝇、南岭绿蝇、大头金蝇、肥须亚麻蝇等为优势种。尸体上昆虫群落的演替有明显的时间规律可循。许多昆虫类群的出现时间与尸体腐败阶段有明确的对应关系,这种对应关系可以为法医科学中推测死后间隔时间(postmortem interval, PMI)提供依据。     

基于昆虫证据推断死亡时间的研究进展

死亡时间的推断是法医昆虫学鉴定中首先要解决的问题。尸体上昆虫的生长发育及群落演替具有一定的规律,这能够用于推断尸体死亡时间。本文从昆虫证据的收集及种属鉴定、昆虫的发育与群落演替、影响昆虫证据推断死亡时间的因素以及法医昆虫学发展面临的挑战等几个方面展开综述,并对我国法医昆虫学的应用进展做了简要展望。     

湖南省永州地区夏秋季常见嗜尸性昆虫的研究

为了研究湖南省永州地区夏秋季常见嗜尸性昆虫及螺类的种类及其群落演替,运用观察法研究2007—2009年永州地区夏秋季家兔尸上常见嗜尸性昆虫种类变化及其演替。结果表明,该地区家兔尸体上发现部分昆虫纲和腹足纲的嗜尸性昆虫,昆虫纲主要涉及双翅目和鞘翅目的部分昆虫,其中双翅目6科14种,主要有蝇科的孕幼家蝇、斑蹠黑蝇、厚环黑蝇;丽蝇科的丝光绿蝇、叉叶绿蝇、亮绿蝇、大头金蝇和绯颜裸金蝇、白头裸金蝇;麻蝇科的棕尾别麻蝇、酱亚麻蝇;鼓翅蝇科1种;潜蝇科的Phytomyza thalictrella;果蝇科的Drosophila cuaso;鞘翅目5科8种,主要有大黑葬甲、Silpha carinata、Nicrophorus fossor、双色葬甲;蜣螂科的金龟子;步甲科的毛婪步甲和蠋步甲;拟步甲科;隐翅甲科的大黑隐翅虫、小隐翅虫;膜翅目2科3种,蚁科的路舍蚁;胡蜂科的墨胸胡蜂、黑盾胡蜂;鳞翅目的丝兰蛾;腹足纲的钉螺。上述嗜尸性昆虫及螺类在兔尸上出现的时间和部位表现出较强的规律性。研究结果可望为法医在湖南省永州地区对尸体的死亡时间和地点推测提供依据。     

珠江三角洲猪尸体上昆虫群落的演替及其对法医学中死亡时间推断的指示意义

为了解决刑事案件中死者死亡时间推断的难题,不同季节野外环境用18头猪尸体做模拟材料观察和筛选对推断死亡时间高度准确的昆虫指标。结果表明,幼虫开始出现时间、幼虫开始爬离时间、大部分幼虫爬离尸体的时间、开始化蛹的时间、大部分幼虫化蛹的时间、开始羽化的时间、羽化结束的时间等若干昆虫指标比较敏感且稳定可用作死亡时间的精确推断。在珠江三角洲春季、夏季及秋季尸体腐败很快,分别在259±23,202±18,277±20 h进入白骨化期,而冬季则时间较长,约经过1 297±63 h才进入白骨化期。大约有47种嗜尸性昆虫在尸体生态环境出现,大多数种类全年可见,尸体上的昆虫群落的优势种为大头金蝇Chrysomya megacephala、绯颜裸金蝇Achoetandrus rufifacies及厚环黑蝇Hydrotaea (Ophyra) spinigera。蝇类昆虫在尸体上只能大规模繁殖一代尸体即白骨化。根据以上结果可确定一些可用于死亡时间推断的关键时间点。     

长白山针阔混交林不同演替阶段的昆虫多样性

昆虫多样性变化对生态系统健康有重要的指示作用, 为研究昆虫群落变化与生境演替之间的关系, 本研究采用网捕、灯诱和诱捕法系统调查了长白山针阔混交林不同演替阶段（次生白桦林、次生针阔混交林、原始阔叶红松林）昆虫群落的组成和多样性, 分析了昆虫在森林演替过程中的规律及与植被群落之间的关系。系统调查共采集昆虫标本8 183头, 隶属于14个目699种, 其中鳞翅目和鞘翅目是主要优势类群。次生针阔混交林昆虫的个体数量最多, 原始阔叶红松林中物种数最多。不同演替阶段昆虫群落的物种数和个体数差异不显著, 但次生针阔混交林、原始阔叶红松林的Fisher’s α指数显著高于次生白桦林。目水平上的昆虫多样性未表现出显著性差异. 昆虫多样性在森林演替过程中和草本植物多样性的变化趋势相同;由于食性和生境选择的不同, 森林演替过程中鳞翅目昆虫多样性逐渐升高, 而鞘翅目多样性逐渐降低。     

草原沙化与恢复中昆虫群落组成、营养结构及多样性变化研究

为了探讨草原沙化和人工固沙区植被恢复演替过程中昆虫群落组成、营养结构、多样性及稳定性的变化,在宁夏沙坡头自然保护区,利用随机和定点抽样法对上述二过程中不同地段的昆虫进行了调查。结果表明,随着沙化程度的增加和人工固沙区植被演替时间的延长,昆虫群落组成的复杂化和多样性呈现为负向和正向增加的变化趋势,但表现在群落组成结构、演替时间与方向上并不完全一致。随着沙化程度的加重,群落中天敌昆虫比率明显下降,在两个演替过程中,昆虫群落稳定性表现出下降趋势,但群落优势种的组成和不稳定机制明显不同。     

西双版纳热带雨林次生演替中昆虫群落的动态研究

通过对西双版纳热带雨林,砍伐后４块处于次生性演替恢复阶段,不同年代林中,所设固定样地中昆虫群落的定时、定点和定量采集观测,对群落中昆虫的数量、种类、群落的多样性、优势度和稳定性进行了分析比较。从年度变化看：昆虫个体数和植食性昆虫数在雨季是最大的。优势度在演替阶段后期是雨季大于旱季,而在前期则是旱季大于雨季。多样性和均匀性在演替后期是旱季大于雨季,而演替前期则是雨季大于旱季。从演替年代变化看：随着演替年代的递增,昆虫群落的多样性、均匀性和稳定性有增加的趋势,而昆虫数量和植食性昆虫数量减少的趋势。对昆虫群落稳定性的讨论,试引入“变异系数”进行讨论。     

我国嗜尸性蝇类的鉴别、发育及演替研究现状与分析

嗜尸性蝇类是法医昆虫学调查中最重要的目标,作为早期到达尸体并主要促成尸体组织腐解的昆虫,对死亡时间的推断,特别是腐败尸体死亡时间的推断具有重大意义。本文针对我国嗜尸性蝇类的主要种类及形态识别、各种类生长发育、在尸体上的演替进行了综述。     

青海湖鸟岛盐碱地植被演替的初步研究

利用聚类分析和演替度分析方法,研究青海湖鸟岛地区湖水退缩形成的盐碱地植物群落类型及其演替过程。结果表明,青海湖鸟岛湖水退缩形成的盐碱地植被有四大主要群落类型为碱蓬单优群落,碱蓬 西伯利亚蓼群落,西伯利亚蓼 碱茅 碱蓬群落和碱茅 西伯利亚蓼 碱蓬群落;青海湖鸟岛盐碱地植被有两条演替线路,为盐碱沙地群落演替线路(碱蓬单优群落经碱蓬 西伯利亚蓼群落,向西伯利亚蓼 碱茅 碱蓬群落演替)和盐碱草地演替线路(碱蓬单—优势种群落,经碱蓬 西伯利亚蓼群落,向碱茅 西伯利亚蓼 碱蓬群落演替);随着植物群落的演替,物种多样性增加,均匀度提高,而丰富度在不同的演替线路表现不同的规律。     

浙江东部常绿阔叶林次生演替的随机过程模型

 植物群落次生演替过程的有限序列在一定意义上构成一随机过程。浙江东部常绿阔叶林次生演替的随机过程系统可以近似地看成线性系统,因而可以用马尔可夫过程描述。本文以群落主要乔木优势种作为马尔可夫过程的状态变量。用“空间序列代替时间序列”的研究方法测得自然次生演替过程和干扰次生演替过程群落主要优势乔木种的更新概率,以此建立了马尔可夫过程的一步平稳转移概率矩阵。应用马尔可夫链模型对常绿阔叶林的自然和干扰次生演替过程进行了模拟。模型还给出了次生演替过程群落主要优势乔木种类的数量动态,为深入研究常绿阔叶林次生演替规律以及林业生产和管理等提供了依据。     

Study of community assembly patterns and interspecific interactions involved in insect succession on rat carcasses

Although many forensic entomological studies have described patterns of carrion insect succession and theoretical studies have explained interspecific interactions that drive succession, empirical studies on the quantitative and ecological aspects of carrion insect succession, such as the degree of historical contingency in community assembly and interspecific interactions during succession, are limited. In this study, I investigated variability in the successional pathways of carrion insect communities in rat carcasses and their decomposition processes, and examined the interspecific interactions involved in succession, such as the effects of carcass utilization by early‐arriving species on late‐arriving species. Members of the families Calliphoridae and Formicidae and the species Eusilpha japonica (Motschulsky) and Nicrophorus concolor Kraatz were chiefly observed. In almost all carcasses, formicid species arrived first, and calliphorid species and E. japonica arrived simultaneously or immediately after. Nicrophorus concolor arrived last, with its time of colonization occurring earlier in carcasses with greater E. japonica abundance. Meanwhile, the early‐arriving species decreased when N. concolor arrived. Nicrophorus concolor tended to reproduce on carcasses with lower cumulative abundance of early‐arriving species and tended to feed on carcasses with greater cumulative abundance of early‐arriving species. These results show that the successional pathways of the chief carrion insect species are highly consistent among carcasses. In contrast, early‐arriving species seem to influence the utilization patterns of carcasses by late‐arriving species, and therefore produce variability in the decomposition process. These results also show that succession could be driven by facilitation and interspecific competition between early‐arriving and late‐arriving species.     

A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in southeastern brazil

Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses exposed to natural conditions in an urban forest (Santa Genebra Reservation), located in Campinas, State of S?o Paulo, southeastern Brazil, 4 out of 36 families of insects collected - Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae (Diptera) and Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - were considered of forensic importance, because several species were collected in large numbers both visiting and breeding in pig carcasses. Several species were also observed and collected on human corpses at the Institute of Legal Medicine. The species belonged to 17 different families, 6 being of forensic importance because they were reared from human corpses or pig carcasses: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Piophilidae (Diptera), Dermestidae, Silphidae and Cleridae (Coleoptera). The most important species were: Diptera - Chrysomya albiceps, Chrysomya putoria, Hemilucilia segmentaria, Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Calliphoridae), Pattonella intermutans (Sarcophagidae), Ophyra chalcogaster (Muscidae), Piophila casei (Piophilidae); Coleoptera - Dermestes maculatus (Dermestidae), Oxyletrum disciolle (Silphidae) and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae).     

周期性重复高温对昆虫的生态学效应

在自然界,昆虫经常经历以几天为周期的重复高温。这种周期性重复高温对昆虫的影响主要有3种作用模式:周期性重复高温与对应恒温比较、昆虫的不同发育阶段经历不同的周期性重复高温和昆虫的一生经历不同的周期性重复高温。同恒温条件下的昆虫相比,重复高温作用后的昆虫生殖量降低、寿命延长。重复高温作用于昆虫不同生活史阶段导致的存活率不同,重复高温作用于昆虫的发育阶段越接近成虫,其生殖量越易受到影响。高温持续天数增多,昆虫存活率、生殖量降低;但一定范围内的高温天数有助于昆虫寿命的延长。重复高温对昆虫的影响程度还因植食性昆虫和天敌昆虫种类的不同而异。本文根据近年来的研究,结合相关的研究文献,从周期性重复高温的温度变化模式及这些温度模式对昆虫生态指标、内在机理等方面产生的影响进行了综述,并建议未来的研究将充分结合自然温度变化进行模拟,增强研究的实用性;扩大考察指标范围并建立考察指标间的联系,拓展研究对象。     

Consistency of seasonal patterns of insect succession on pig cadavers at Yeongdo Island in Busan,Korea

Cadaver insects cause dead bodies to break down in ecological processes. Still, the knowledge has been accumulated slowly about the structure and role of the insect assemblages attending to death scenes. This study analysed the successional patterns of insects on pig cadavers in the spring, summer, and autumn from 2016 to 2019 at Yeongdo Island, Busan, South Korea. A sum of 71 insect species belonging to four orders and 21 families were sampled. Predominant insects were largely Diptera and Coleoptera. The majority of the flies were the calliphorids as Chrysomya pinguis (Walker) and Lucilia porphyrina (Walker). The most common beetles were Creophilus maxillosus (L.), Omosita japonica (Reitter), and Staphylinidae sp. regardless of seasons. Occurrence matrices were made from the successional patterns of insect species during 42 sampling intervals in the spring, 38 sampling intervals in the summer, and 26 sampling intervals in the autumn. Permutation analyses of the occurrence matrices showed that the patterns of succession were similar between spring 2016 and 2017 (P = 0.019), between summer 2016 and 2017 (P = 0.003), and between autumn 2016 and 2019 (P = 0.002). The result shows that there are clear patterns in succession between seasons, and provides the reference data to presume the death time, at least in the southeast part of South Korea.     

Forensic entomology: a new hypothesis for the chronological succession pattern of necrophagous insect on human corpses

Forensic entomology can help to estimate the time elapsed since death, by studying the necrophagous species collected on a cadaver and its surroundings. The determination of the so- called post mortem interval (PMI or period of first oviposition) is based on the development time of necrophagous dipterans and on the chronological pattern of insects’ succession on the corpse throughout the decaying process. In the present study, authors investigated this succession by the analysis of the database of the Department of Forensic Entomology of the French Gendarmerie over 12 years (1992–2003) in order to propose a new approach and a new hypothsesis of the dynamic of necrophagous-insects’ populations present on a human cadaver over time. For all treated cases, the presence/absence and the oldest development stage of the species were recorded. Data were analyzed by statistical and Wagner parsimony methods. The statistic results allowed the association of groups of species with typical developmental stages. The Wagner parsimony analysis showed that the dynamic of the necrophagous insect population present on a cadaver could be characterised by specific species. Together, they allowed establishing hypotheses of succession of necrophagous insects on human cadavers over time that could be usefull in the PMI estimation.     

Traits reveal ecological strategies driving carrion insect community assembly

1. The succession of carrion-associated (necrophilous) insects on decomposing carrion is well documented. To exploit the changing nutritious and dynamic resources available throughout the carrion decomposition process, different species colonise and consume carrion in a predictable temporal sequence. The traits of these necrophilous insects should reflect their ecological strategies. Morphological traits of these insects, such as body size and wing size, however, have not previously been examined during active and advanced decomposition. 2. We used fourth-corner multivariate generalised linear models to identify insect community morphological trait patterns and to quantify their change through time on decomposing rabbit carcasses in grassland and woodland environments. 3. We found that larger-bodied species of flies and carrion-specialist beetles were associated with the early stages of decomposition. The morphological traits of ants, in contrast, showed no changes at carcasses through time and instead showed body size differences between grassland and woodland environments. 4. Our findings indicate that specialist flies and beetles that arrive early in the decomposition process possess traits that enable rapid discovery of carrion at a large scale. Generalist beetles and ants do not share this same trait and are instead adapted to locate and consume a wider variety of resources in their preferred habitat type at their local scale. 5. Our results provide insights into the morphological adaptations linked to the ecological strategies of distinct components of carrion insect communities. Further, our results offer insights into the community assembly dynamics that structure the communities of necrophilous insect species.     

Succession of Carrion Fauna in the Arid Region of San Juan Province, Argentina and Its Forensic Relevance

The succession of carrion fauna and the decomposition stages were studied in the arid environment of San Juan Province, Argentina (31°32??34.7?? S; 68°34??39.4?? W). Two pig carcasses (Sus scrofa) were placed in wire mesh cages, 100?m apart from each other. Each carcass was surrounded by pitfall traps, and a modified Malaise trap was placed above. Daily samplings were carried out to collect the insects present in the carcasses and the traps, and body and environmental temperature were measured. The main colonizer species was Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) and its larvae were dominant over other Diptera. The first adult blowflies emerged at 8.9?days. The time to reach the remains stage was 8?days shorter than for other South American sites. We recorded the early arrival of adult Dermestes maculates De Geer and Dermestes ater De Geer 2?days after the beginning of the assay, and larvae of these species were recorded 4?days after. We determined a 1.5-day error in the postmortem interval estimation using the temperatures measured in the assay and those recorded by the nearest meteorological station.     

Impacts of antemortem ingestion of alcoholic beverages on insect successional patterns

This paper studies the impacts of antemortem ingestion of alcoholic beverages by the domestic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus L., on postmortem successional patterns of insects during winter and summer 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Insect samples were collected from the carcasses of rabbits fed alcoholic beverages as well as untreated rabbits for 15 days postmortem during two successional studies in each season. The results showed that, during both seasons, the decomposition process for the carcasses of rabbits fed alcoholic beverages antemortem was one to two days longer. The results also showed, however, that alcoholic beverages did not affect insect succession patterns in either season. In fact, the number of insects appeared to be influenced by the ambient temperature during the two seasons, with 4415 insects in the winter compared to 1033 insects in the summer. In total, 30 insect taxa were collected during the winter study from the carcasses of rabbits fed alcoholic beverages antemortem; while 26 of these same taxa were collected from the carcasses of the untreated rabbits. Among the treated rabbits, those fed 25 ml alcoholic beverages treated attracted the highest number of insect taxa (24 taxa). In the summer study, 21 insect taxa were collected in total, 19 from the carcasses of the alcohol-treated rabbits and 13 from untreated rabbits. Among the treated rabbits, those fed 50 ml alcoholic beverages attracted the highest number of insect taxa (14 taxa). These results contribute to the understanding of the factors affecting the use of insects in medical investigations, given that alcoholic beverages are a common addictive agent.     

Food choice and feeding on carrion in two African mongoose species in an urban environment

Urbanisation negatively affects many species, yet small carnivores may flourish in urban spaces because of accessible resources and a reduction of predators. Food choices of urban carnivores might be influenced by the availability and abundance of anthropogenic food resources and the co-existence of competing species. We studied the food selection and feeding on carrion of the yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) and slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) in a small urban reserve in South Africa. In cafeteria-style food choice tests, both species preferred meat and insects over bread, dog kibble, chicken eggs, and plants; however, yellow mongoose in a more urbanised area preferred bread to insects. Yellow mongoose had a shorter latency to approach and consume provided food compared to slender mongoose. At carrion-baited stations, slender mongoose were more prevalent at carcasses and displayed aggression and competitive exclusion of yellow mongoose. Slender mongoose fed more on carcasses during the colder months than warmer months when they fed on available insects around and on carcasses. The greater consumption of anthropogenic items by yellow mongoose and the preference by slender mongoose for feeding on carcasses provide evidence of possible resource partitioning, which may aid in the co-existence of these sympatric herpestids in urban areas.