The First Survey of Forensically Important Entomofauna Collected from Medicolegal Autopsies in South Korea

Table 2

Numbers of medicolegal autopsy cases where each insect species occurred.

Scientific names	Location			Months									Total	Frs (%)
	I	O	F	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Order Diptera
Family Calliphoridae
Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)	21	1		2	1	2	8	4	2	1	1	1	22	62.9
L. caesar (Linnaeus, 1758)			1					1					1	2.9
L. illustris (Meigen, 1826)			1					1					1	2.9
Calliphora lata (Coquillett, 1898)	2				1						1		2	5.7
C. vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830	2			1	1								2	5.7
Phormia regina (Meigen, 1826)	4	2	1			1	3	2					6	17.1
Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794)	2							2	2				2	5.7
C. pinguis (Walker, 1858)	2		2					2	1	1			4	11.4
Family Sarcophagidae
Sarcophaga dux Thomson, 1869	1							1					1	2.9
S. crassipalpis Macquart, 1839	2					1	1						2	5.7
S. peregrina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830	4		3			2	2	3					7	20.0
Family Muscidae
Hydrotaea obscrifrons (Sabrosky, 1949)		1					1						1	2.9
Family Piophilidae
Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758)	1	1					1	1					2	5.7
Parapiophila vulgaris (Fallén, 1820)	1						1						1	2.9
Family Stratiomyidae
Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)	1						1						1	2.9
Family Phoridae
Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866)	1							1					1	2.9
Order Coleoptera
Family Dermestidae
Dermestes ater (DeGeer, 1774)			1			1							1	2.9
D. frischi Kugelann, 1792		1	1			1		1					2	5.7
D. haemorrhoidalis Küster, 1852	2	1						2				1	3	8.6
D. maculatus (DeGeer, 1774)	3	1					2	2					4	11.4
D. tessellatocollis Motschulsky, 1860	1						1						1	2.9
Family Silphidae
Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)			1			1							1	2.9
Necrodes sp.			2				1	1					2	5.7
Nicrophorus quadraticollis Portevin, 1903			1				1						1	2.9
Family Histeridae
Saprinus sp. 1			1			1							1	2.9
Saprinus sp. 2	1						1						1	2.9
Family Staphylinidae
Philonthus cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1793)			1			1							1	2.9
P. longicornis Stephens, 1832	1						1						1	2.9
Philonthus sp.			1				1						1	2.9
Family Nitidulidae
Omosita sp.	1						1						1	2.9
Family Cleridae
Necrobia rufipes (DeGeer, 1775)	2	1					1	2					3	8.6
Order Hymenoptera
Family Pteromalidae
Nasonia vitripennis (Walker, 1836)	1						1						1	2.9
Number of collected species	21	8	13	2	3	9	18	15	3	2	2	2	32

I, O, and F stand for indoor, outdoor, and forest, respectively. “Frs” means frequencies.