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Formicidae (Hymenoptera) community in corpses at different altitudes in a semiarid wild environment in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula

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dc.contributor.authorPérez Marcos, María
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Gallego, Elena
dc.contributor.authorArnaldos Sanabria, María Isabel
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Ibáñez, Dolores
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, María Dolores
dc.contributor.departmentZoología y Antropología Física
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T11:36:14Z
dc.date.available2025-01-29T11:36:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-18
dc.description© 2020 The Entomological Society of Japan. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Entomological Science. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12422es
dc.description.abstractThe Formicidae are considered crucial components of the entomosarcosaprophagous fauna because they can delay the decomposition process, cause tissue postmortem damage and produce bloodstain patterns that may confuse investigations. Moreover, some studies suggest that the Formicidae can act as environmental and seasonal indicators. However, studies on this group on vertebrate carcasses are scarce, especially in the Iberian Peninsula and the southwest of Europe. Thus, comparative studies at different altitudes in a protected wild mountain area could provide useful information on its composition in such environmental conditions, their role as environmental indicators and their forensic implications. For this reason, the Formicidae sarcosaprophagous community was studied at three different altitudes, between 400 and 1,500 m, in a wild mountainous area in the southeast of Spain using a modified Schoenly trap, with two pitfall traps inside, baited with 5 kg piglets (Sus scrofa L.). This work illustrates an approach to the community of the Formicidae, as a representative of the sarcosaprophagous community in an altitudinal gradient, showing a great variability in its composition. Furthermore, when comparing our results with other studies carried out in the Iberian Peninsula, we are able to suggest certain species with a potential utility as geographic and environmental indicators. Thus, Iberoformica subrufa, Lasius brunneus, Lasius cinereus and Camponotus sylvaticus are species of special interest as they appeared in either one of the sampled areas or in the same region.es
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dc.identifier.citationEntomological Science (2020) 23, 297–310
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12422
dc.identifier.issnPrint: 1343-8786
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1479-8298
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/149575
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherWileyes
dc.relationThis work was supported by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of the Government of Spain (CGL2005-04668/BOS project).es
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccesses
dc.subjectAltitudinal gradientes
dc.subjectAntes
dc.subjectDecomposition processes
dc.subjectEnvironmental indicatores
dc.subjectForensic entomologyes
dc.subjectSchoenly trapes
dc.titleFormicidae (Hymenoptera) community in corpses at different altitudes in a semiarid wild environment in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsulaes
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