Composition of Necrophagous Insect Assemblages in Altitudinal Gradient of Central Chile
Melissa Marzolo Bown, Patricia J. Thyssen, Aline Marrara Prado, Cristian Villagra · 2025
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Description
Carrion insects arrive at a carcass in predictable waves, which makes them clocks for forensic science and sensors of ecosystem health. Melissa Marzolo Bown and co-authors trapped them along a Chilean mountainside in 2025, at coastal, foothill, and high Andean sites. Over twelve hundred specimens came in, almost all flies, with blow flies dominating.
Total counts and blow fly numbers did not differ by altitude, but species richness peaked at the lower two sites. Each site had its indicator species, from wasps and flesh flies at the coast to cold-loving blow flies up high. Every blow fly species found is forensically relevant locally. The authors offer the survey as baseline data for the region.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Melissa Marzolo Bown, Patricia J. Thyssen, Aline Marrara Prado, Cristian Villagra |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |