A checklist of forensic flies from India

Authors

  • Oishik Kar
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Atanu Naskar
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Debdeep Pramanik
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Koustav Mukherjee
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Saikat Sarkar
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Arka Mukherjee
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Debjani Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Dhriti Banerjee
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i4/2022/170175

Keywords:

Crime Investigation, Diptera, Diversity, Inventory, Necrophagous

Abstract

A checklist of forensic flies from India is provided. A total of 65 species belonging to 16 genera under 8 families are documented in this list. This is the very first checklist of forensic flies from India, and it presents an overview of the diversity of these insects in this vast country with immense diversity. This checklist will act as a source of information about crime and wildlife hunting in India.

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2023-08-25

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Kar, O., Naskar, A., Pramanik, D., Mukherjee, K., Sarkar, S., Mukherjee, A., … Banerjee, D. (2023). A checklist of forensic flies from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(4), 387–392. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i4/2022/170175

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Volume 122, Issue 4, 2022

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