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Arthropod Succession and Decomposition Patterns of Pig Carrions Varying with the Exposed Extent of the Carrions

돼지사체의 노출 정도에 따른 곤충상과 사체의 부패 패턴에 대한 연구

  • 정재봉 (경성대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 윤명희 (경성대학교 이과대학 생물학과)
  • Received : 2011.05.30
  • Accepted : 2011.08.01
  • Published : 2011.08.30
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Abstract

This study was carried out to offer forensic entomological evidence to estimate the post mortem interval (PMI) based on the arthropod succession in pig carrions and carrion decomposition patterns varying with the exposed extent of the carrions. Four carrions, exposed, wrapped, covered or shaded, were placed in an open grassland near the Nakdong-river in Busan in August, 2010. It was found that the first visiting insect was Chrysomyia megacephala among a total of 20 species of 15 families belonging to 7 orders of Insecta, and that four species were useful indicators of the decomposition stage of the carrion: C. megacephala for I~V stages; a species of Sepsidae, Creophilus maxillosus and a species of Carabidae for III~V stages. It was also found that the more the exposed extent of exposure of carrions, the higher the rate of decomposition of carrions, i. e. the time for decomposition of carrions were 7days for the exposed carrion, 10days for the covered one, 13days for the shaded one, and 15days for the wrapped one. This result seems to be related to the differences in the weight loss of carrions caused by strong rains during the research period and by the accessibility of insects to the carrions; both are strongly affected by the exposed extent of the carrions. Accordingly, it was suggested that the exposed extent of the carrions must be taken into consideration to estimate the PMI.

본 연구는 유기된 돼지사체의 노출 정도에 따른 곤충상의 변화와 부패 패턴을 이용해서 사체의 사후경과시간(Post Mortem Interval, PMI)을 추정하기 위한 기초자료를 얻기 위해 수행되었다. 부산 낙동강 주변의 초지에서 완전노출사체, 감은사체, 덮은사체 및 그늘진사체 각각 1구씩을 2010년 8월에 설치하여 총 7목 15과 20종의 곤충들이 관찰되었고 가장 먼저 접근한 곤충은 검정뺨금파리였다. 검정뺨금파리는 모든 사체에서 전 기간에 걸쳐 출현했으며, 꼭지파리과의 1 종, 왕반날개 및 딱정벌레과의 1종은 부패(III)~백골화(V)단계에 출현하여, 위 4종은 사체의 부패단계를 시사하는 지표곤충으로 유용하다고 생각되었다. 한편, 부패속도는 완전노출사체(7일) > 덮은사체(10일) > 그늘진사체(13일) > 감은사체(15일)의 순으로 빨랐는데, 이는 사체의 노출 정도에 따른 곤충의 접근성 및 큰 비에 의한 사체손실의 정도와 관련이 있는 것으로 생각되었다. 따라서 PMI 추정 시 사체의 노출 정도가 반드시 고려되어야 한다고 생각되었다.

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