Entomology, Department of
Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects
First Advisor
Erin Bauer
Date of this Version
Fall 2025
Document Type
Project
Citation
ENTO 888, MS project
Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025
Abstract
Forensic entomology in Costa Rica formally began by the end of the 1990s decade, however, the keys utilized to identify the species of Calliphoridae, the most important family of flies that colonize decomposing bodies in Costa Rica, are a compendium of work done by different authors that not include all the species present in the country, and are not adequately illustrated, which could make the analyses difficult for people without the proper knowledge of the carrion flies, or may lead to errors in the identification. The objective of this work is to put together a properly illustrated key for third-instar larvae of Calliphoridae, and update the current key used by analysts at the Forensic Science Department by adding species that were not previously included so that this new resource could be incorporated into the “Standard Operating Procedure for the Identification of Immatures and Adults of Flies” of the Forensic Biology Section, as an appendix.
Comments
Copyright 2025, Roberto Morales-Montero. Used by permission