News section
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12/03/2008
President letter
17/06/2008
31/05/2008
EAFE meeting 2008
New Webpage
27 05 2008
A new webpage is open
dealing with EAFE.
you'll find all the information I am collecting in this moment.
EAFE Brussels 2007
12
06 2007
25 05 2007
New section
Help in identification of Insects
25/05/07
An important section dealing with identification is now available in the "Members only" section. Don't forget your password !! You can find in this section numerous links to websites where it is proposed some indentification keys, Insect information and lots of others information.
This section will be update regularly. Be welcome to participate.
Thanks to Robert NASH (Ireland)
for this work.
11/05/2007
Welcome to Catarina BARROS DE PRADO E CASTRO (Lisboa, P) as the new student representative .
11/05/2007
More information very soon.
Best Practice Manual
19 03 2007
A version is always available in the section "Members only"
Best Practice Manual
16 01 2007
Software for Lucilia identification
10 01 2007
New section 02 02 2006
Request, proposition of job, .....
You can find in this new section some information about job (research or proposition).
EAFE LOGO ELECTION
Congratulation to Aïda
GOMEZ and
Luisa DIAZ ARANDA
A lot of thanks for all the members who proposed one for the quality and originality of theirs draws.
Don't forget to use it for your papers, posters or presentations dealing with forensic entomology.
11/05/2007
Welcome to Catarina BARROS DE PRADO E CASTRO (Lisboa, P) as the new student representative .
Student page and Student information
page
19/03/2007
Student page and Student information page (member only section) are update.
Evolution
of the section "Student page"
10
10 2006
Thanks to hélène LEBLANC and Kate BURNES for this work
New page 22 02 2006
With the contribution of Helene LEBLANC, a new page is open.
This page is dealing with the Frequent Student Questions
8 news papers
20 06 2007
Identification key
(Information from Nobert Nash Ir)
12 06 2007
Forensic Entomology: An Introduction
from Dorothy E. Gennard
ISBN-10: 0470014792 ; ISBN-13: 978-0470014790
We announce the issue of a new CD-ROM about Italian Darkling Beetles 13/04/2007
V.
Aliquò - M.Rastelli - S.Rastelli - F.Soldati - "Coleotteri
Tenebrionidi d'Italia - Darkling Beetles of Italy".
The CD shows the pictures of the all the italian species of Darkling Beetles
(Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae - excepting Allecuninae), photographic tables
for recognizing the species, and Italian distribution maps for all species
and subspecies. The CD-ROM has been produced eith the partial sporsorship
of the "Associazione Naturalistica Piemontese" (Naturalistic
Association of Piedmont Region) and it has been promoted by the Natural
History Museum of Carmagnola (Turin - Italy) and by the Project Biodiversty
(Rome - Italy). The texts of the specie file are written both in Italian
and in English.
Pre-publish offer until April, 30th 2007 : 35,00 Euro + postage fee
Yours
faithfully The Authors
For
furthers information plaese visit the following
http://web.tiscali.it/tenebrionidae
New book dealing with Forensic
Entomology
26 05 2006
"Traité d'Entomologie Forensique ; Les insectes sur la scène de crime"
This book will be available at the end of June 2006 http://ppur.epfl.ch/
19th International Symposium on Forensic Sciences
22/03/2007
More information here
13/08/2008
XXIIIrd International Congress of Entomology was held
at the International Congress Centre in Durban South Africa from 5th July
to 12th July 2008. This was the first time that the conference was held
in Africa. The theme of the conference was "Celebrating Entomology:
Contributions to Modern Science" and hosted by the Entomological
Society of Southern Africa. The opening ceremony was a gala event with
many different South African musical and dancing themes. It was further
enhanced with a speech by the South African Minister for Science Minister
Mosibudi Mangena who dedicated the opening section of his talk to Forensic
Entomology and its social impact. Special mention was made of Dr Mervyn
Mansell and his contribution to solving the worst serial crime in South
Africa comprising 69 victims and the conviction of Moses Sithole.
There were 2 main sessions dedicated to forensic entomology and a smaller
spill-over session. An opening address was presented by Rob Hall (USA)
on ethical issues when presenting entomological evidence in court. A series
of papers were presented on various topics including blow fly oviposition,
the significance of weather data, the DNA identification of blow flies,
modelling insect development, some ecology based papers on decomposition
in cars, a DVD on how to sample and some interesting case studies.
List of presented papers :
Ethical Issues in the use of forensic entomology evidence Robert Hall
Nocturnal oviposition in forensically important flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae,Sarcophagidae): laboratory and field studies. Kirstin Williams, Martin Villet, Nkosinati Mazungula
Factors influencing weather station ambient temperature
corrections in forensic entomology. Aidan P. Johnson, Melanie S. Archer,
James F. Wallman
Climatic and biotic influences on the distributions of Calliphora augur
and Calliphora dubia (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Aidan P. Johnson, James
F. Wallman, Melanie S. Archer
Forenseek: a simulation program of carrion-feeding insect's development
dedicated to forensic entomology. Damien Charabidze, Gildas Morvan, Didier
Gosset
An instructional DVD on collecting entomological evidence from crimes
scenes Richard W. Merritt, Ryan K. Kimbirauskas, Mark E. Benbow
To be at the crime scene with the police investigation team is vital:
Two case Reports. Theuns Van der Linde, Kobus Kolver, Shaun Hoffman
DNA-based approaches to the identification of forensically important Australian
Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Leigh A. Nelson James F. Wallman Mark
Dowton
Genetic identification of forensically important flies Judith Smith
A forensic conflict: What happened to Sarcophaga cruentata? Jacobus Hendrik
Kolver, Theunis Christiaan Van der Linde
Modelling temperatures and insect succession on cadavers inside a vehicle
Environment Ian Dadour, Sasha Voss, Neville Fowkes
Nocturnal activity in carrion-breeding blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
in southeastern Australia. Bryan D. Lessard, James F. Wallman
Parasitic wasps: succession, development and forensic importance as PMI
indicators. Sasha Voss, Helen Spafford, Ian Dadour
Bionomics of red-legged ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes (Coleoptera), a forensic
insect in carrion decomposition. Mohammad-Djaefar, Moemenbellah-Fard
A forensic anomaly: Decomposition in the fast lane. Jacobus Hendrik Kolver,
Theunis Christiaan Van der Linde
An extensive poster programme was also presented
Chemical ecology in forensic entomology: Investigation of volatile infochemicals
from pig cadaver on necrophagous insect behaviour. Jessica Dekeirsshieter,
Francois Verheggen, Frederic Francis
Effects of some heavy metals on the larval growth rate of Calliphora vicina
(Diptera). Ferhat Altunsoy, Yavuz Kilic, Caner Aydinli
Comparative analysis of larval developments of Lucilia sericata Meigen
(Diptera:Calliphoridae) from different geographic populations at constant
temperatures. Matthias Gosselin, Yves Braet
Development of Chrysomya marginalis Wiedemann 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
at different temperatures for the estimation of post mortem interval.
Philip S. R. Weyl, Martin H. Villet
New observations on temperature increase due to maggot mass effect. Damien
Charabidze, Didier Gosset, Benoit Bourel
Qualitative analysis of the effect of oxycodone (opioid analgesic) on
the development rate of Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
and its importance for estimating of the post-mortem interval in Brazil.
Maicon Diego Grella, Patricia Jaqueline Thyssen
The use of blowfly larvae in entomotoxicology - the influence of gunshot
residue on insect succession and the development of Chrysomya chloropyga
(Diptera:
Calliphoridae) larvae. Shaun Hoffman, Theuns van der Linde, Piet van der
Merwe
Preliminary study: The analyses of blowfly larval crops for the presence
of host
genomic DNA. Theo Viljoen, Theuns van der Linde, Karen Ehlers
A comparison of decomposition and succession process on pig carcass: preliminary
study of forensic entomology in the Western São Paulo State, Brazil
Juliana Alves Neves, Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen, Helton Otsuka
Differentiation between forensic important Central South African Calliphoridae
and Sarcophagidae puparia, using puparium specific characteristics.Sonja
Brink, Theuns Van der Linde, Linda Basson
The effect of thiopentone sodium on the development rate of Chrysomya
megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and its importance for the post-mortem
interval estimate in Brazil. Dora Amparo, Estrada Patricia, Jacqueline
Thyssen, Aricio Xavier Linhares
Artificial Neural Network in forensic entomology: Contribution to PMI
estimates. Lucila Maria L. Carvalho, Fernando J. Von Zuben, Aricio Xavier
Linhares
A preliminary checklist of necrophagous insects associated to different
environments in Southeastern Brazil: implications for forensic entomology
Thiago Moretti, Patricia Thyssen, Wesley Godoy
Insect importance on exhume cases and human remains in forensic investigation
in Brazil. Lucila Maria Lopes Carvalho, Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen, Fortunato
Badan Palhares
Studies on population dynamic of dipteran species (Calliphoridae) from
Brazil: A new approach for forensic purpose. Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen,
Wesley A. C. Godoy
Blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) early larval colonization of pig carcasses,
in semiarid Mediterranean areas (SE. Spain). Yelitza Velasquez, Anabel
Martinez, Berta Pastor
The social programme was great, including tours of game reserves, trips
to the Sani Pass as well as a Beach party, and exquisite buffet banquet.
I went home feeling good a few talks a few trips, a bit of shopping, a
few drinks and great hosts. Lets hope they dont play rugby as good as
they organised this conference.
Ian Dadour
Director/Forensic Entomologist
Centre for Forensic Science
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands
Western Australia 6009
Report of the Inaugural CHI Cross Disciplinary Symposium
22/03/2007
Melanie Archer propose here the report of the Symposium.
A guideline was worked out. It is available in the section "Members only". A picture is also available here.
Conférence Internationale
des Entomologistes Francophones (CIFE 2006) Rabat (Morocco)
21
09 2006
Latifa MERGAOUI-RHOLI (Morocco)