Necrophagous flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of forensic importance in a plant system in the eastern area of ​​El Salvador.

Abstract

Flies are one of the first organisms to attend a corpse. Of them, the Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae families present the greatest presence and use in post-mortem estimation. Our objective was to identify which organisms are most relevant for post-mortem estimation in coffee agricultural systems.
Our work consisted of collecting diptera through two traps, a hanging trap for capturing larvae and a ground trap for capturing adult diptera, thus allowing us to know which diptera have forensic interest, since they colonize the baits and allow their estimate of larval cycles.
A total of 98 individuals were observed, divided into 3 species, and a subfamily: Sarcophaginae (1). Of the 3 species, only 2 colonized the baits, so the larval development time was estimated at 36°C: Sarcophaga crassipalpis 360 h, Sarcophaga rufficornis 384 h.