Malaysia

• Published in: Forensic Entomology: International Dimensions and Frontiers
• Main Author: Ahmad N.W.; Lim L.H.; Kian C.W.; Ali R.; Jeffery J.; Chin H.C.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: CRC Press 2015
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84981233070&doi=10.1201%2fb18156&partnerID=40&md5=d83e605ee25944b1c4540222efa0aa04

Following Reid (1953), there was a lapse of 20 years without research or casework involving forensic entomology, until 1982 when Lee and Cheong (1982) reported the recovery of Hermetia sp. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae from a highly decomposed female body. Subsequently, Lee et al. (1984) wrote the rst comprehensive review on forensic entomological cases (1973-1983) received by the Medical Entomology Unit, IMR. They reported that C. megacephala was the dominant y found associated with cadavers. Following this, several case reports had been published, including Lee (1994) who reported the presence of the drone y larvae, Eristalis sp. (Diptera: Syrphidae) recovered from a decomposed corpse of a newborn baby oating in an irrigation canal. His report conrmed the association of an aquatic environment with Eristalis sp. larvae in Malaysia. In the same year, Omar et al. (1994a) reported the presence of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (van der Wulp) (Diptera: Muscidae) in decomposing corpses found indoors in Peninsular Malaysia. Their ndings were useful in determining body movement in forensic investigations as this species usually infest corpses found indoors. Hamid et al. (2003) and Salleh et al. (2007) subsequently reviewed 12 and 8 forensic entomology cases from Kuala Lumpur Hospital and Hospitals of the National University of Malaysia (Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) from 2001 and 2002, respectively. Their conclusion indicated that C. megacephala was the dominant y colonizing human cadavers in Malaysia. © 2015 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.