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1 November 2006 Interdisciplinary Workshop Yields New Entomological Data for Forensic Sciences: Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Established in North Carolina
Jeffery K. Tomberlin, A. Midori Albert, Jason H. Byrd, David W. Hall
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Workshops are used for educating law enforcement personnel on the application of entomological, anthropological, and botanical techniques to gather forensically important information from a body recovery site. From 8 to 11 June 2004, such a workshop was conducted in the metropolitan area of Charlotte, NC, by the American Academy of Applied Forensics at Central Piedmont Community College. For this workshop, three pig carcasses weighing individually between 40 and 60 kg were placed in the field 4 June, whereas three pigs similar in size were placed in the field 7 June. During the afternoon session on 11 June, workshop participants collected three Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) third instar larvae from a pig carcass placed in the field on 7 June. These data represent the first records of this forensically important insect in North Carolina; furthermore, these data provide evidence of this species expansion into new geographic regions of the United States. This finding is an example of the benefits derived from an experiential and interdisciplinary approach to educating death scene investigators. Learners acquired new knowledge, put it into practice through the “body” recovery exercise, and ultimately contributed to science by way of the discovery and first documentation of a forensically important insect previously not known to inhabit North Carolina.

Jeffery K. Tomberlin, A. Midori Albert, Jason H. Byrd, and David W. Hall "Interdisciplinary Workshop Yields New Entomological Data for Forensic Sciences: Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Established in North Carolina," Journal of Medical Entomology 43(6), 1287-1288, (1 November 2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1287:IWYNED]2.0.CO;2
Received: 7 June 2006; Accepted: 6 September 2006; Published: 1 November 2006
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Chrysomya rufifacies
forensic science
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