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10 December 2019 Effects of Methamphetamine on the Development and Its Determination in Aldrichina grahami (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Shiwen Wang, Changquan Zhang, Wei Chen, Lipin Ren, Jiang Ling, Yanjie Shang, Yadong Guo
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Age determination of necrophagous flies serves as an important tool for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation in forensic investigations. Drugs or toxins in cadavers may alter the developmental time of larvae, and lead to deviation in PMI estimation. Methamphetamine (MA), as one of the most abused psychostimulant drugs in Asia and North America, is often involved in forensic entomotoxicological cases. This study investigated the effects of MA (0, 45, 90, and 180 ng/mg) on the developmental rate, morphology, and survival of Aldrichina grahami (Aldrich, 1930). The results showed that 1) the developmental time to reach the pupal instar was statistically slower for the larvae reared on rabbit mince containing MA than for the control; 2) the mean length of the larvae exposed to MA concentrations was longer than those of the control; 3) the mean weight of the pupae exposed to the highest concentration of MA was significantly lighter than those of the control; 4) the GC–MS method can detect the content of MA in A. grahami immatures and empty puparia (EP).

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Shiwen Wang, Changquan Zhang, Wei Chen, Lipin Ren, Jiang Ling, Yanjie Shang, and Yadong Guo "Effects of Methamphetamine on the Development and Its Determination in Aldrichina grahami (Diptera: Calliphoridae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 57(3), 691-696, (10 December 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz239
Received: 17 September 2019; Accepted: 6 November 2019; Published: 10 December 2019
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KEYWORDS
Aldrichina grahami
forensic entomotoxicology
GC–MS
Methamphetamine
PMI estimation
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