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EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 1-2, Pages 125-133Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9270-2
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Forensic entomology; Phoresy; Carrion; Cannabis
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This paper reviews the occurrence of mites of the infraorder Astigmata in situations involving the legal system, particularly in the area of medicocriminal entomology. Species in the families Acaridae, Lardoglyphidae and Histiostomatidae are encountered in stored food products and in vertebrate carrion, including human remains. Some of these species are incidentals, whereas others are obligate necrophages. Phoretic associations between these mites and insects allows for rapid dispersal and colonization of such patchy resources.
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