Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
A list of Korean Silphidae of potential forensic importance
Table 1.
Subfamily | Species | Body size (mm) | Feeding habit | Distributiona) |
Animal cadaver in experiment |
Reference | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | ||||||
Nicrophorinae | Nicrophorus basalis | 18-22 | - | HN, HWN, PB, PN | - | - | - | - | |
Nicrophorus | 30-40 | - | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, HWN, | - | + | - | - | [16] | |
concolorb) | JB, JN, PB | ||||||||
Nicrophorus dauricus | 14-24 | - | CN, GB, GG, HN, PB | - | - | - | - | ||
Nicrophorus investigator |
14-23 | Necrophagous or predaceous | CB, GB, GN, GW, HWB, JB, PB | - | - | - | - | [15,17] | |
Nicrophorus japonicus | 22-32 | - | CB, CN, GG, GW, JJ, PB | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nicrophorus | 15-25 |
Necrophagous maculifronsb) |
CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, JN |
- | - | + | - | [18-20] | |
Nicrophorus | 13-18 | - | CB, CN, GB, GW | - | - | - | - | - | |
quadraticollisc) | |||||||||
Nicrophorus | 14-21 | Necrophagous | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, | + | + | + | - | [18,21-24] | |
quadripunctatusb) | JN, PB | ||||||||
Nicrophorus | 18-20 | Necrophagous | CN, GB, GG, GW, JG, PB, YG | - | - | - | - | [18] | |
tenuipesc) | |||||||||
Nicrophorus | 16-18 | - | GW | - | - | - | - | - | |
ussuriensis | |||||||||
Nicrophorus | 10-20 | Necrophagous or | GB, GG, GN, HB, PB | - | + | - | - | [15-17] | |
vespilloidesb) | predaceous | ||||||||
Ptomascopus moriob) | 14-17 | Parasitic | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, HWN, JB, JJ, JN, PB | + | + | - | - | [19,24-26] | |
Ptomascopus | 13-16 | - | GG, GW, HWB | - | - | - | - | - | |
plagiatus | |||||||||
Silphinae | Aclypea daurica | 11-16 | Phytophagous | GB, GG, GW, HB, JB, PB, YG | - | - | - | - | [13] |
Dendroxena | 12-16 | Predaceous | CB, CN, GB, GG, GW, HB, JN, PB | - | - | - | - | [27] | |
sexcarinata | |||||||||
Necrodes littoralisb) | 15-28 | Necrophagous or predaceous | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, JN, PB, YG | - | + | + | + | [19,24,28-30] | |
Necrodes nigricornisb) | 15-20 | - | CB, CN, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, JN | - | - | + | - | [19,24,25,28,30] | |
Necrophila | 18-25 | Necrophagous | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, HB, HN, | - | + | + | - | [18-20,30,31] | |
brunneicollis | JB, JJ, JN, PB | ||||||||
brunneicollisb) | |||||||||
Necrophila jakowlewi | 11-23 | Predaceous | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, | + | - | + | - | [18,19,24,32] | |
jakowlewib) | JN | ||||||||
Oiceoptoma | 15-17 | Necrophagous | GB, GW, JB, PB | - | - | - | - | [18] | |
subrufum | |||||||||
Oiceoptoma | 15-17 | Necrophagous or | CB, CN, GB, GN, GW, HN, JJ, JN, | - | - | + | + | [15,24,29,32] | |
thoracicumb) | predaceous | YG | |||||||
Silpha atrata atratab) | 14-18 | Predaceous | GN, GW, HB, PB | + | + | - | - | [15,18,21,23] | |
Silpha koreana | 16-17 | - | GW | - | - | - | - | - | |
Silpha perforata | 15-20 | Predaceous | GB, GW, HB, HN, HWB, JB, JJ, YG | - | - | - | - | [18] | |
Thanatophilus | 8-12 | Necrophagous or | CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, JN | + | - | + | - | [15,17,19,21,28] | |
rugosusb) | predaceous | ||||||||
Thanatophilus | 9-12 | Necrophagous or | CB, CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JN, | + | - | + | - | [15,17,19,30] | |
sinuatusb) | predaceous | JJ |
a) Distribution: CB, Chungcheongbuk-do; CN, Chungcheongnam-do; GB, Gyeongsangbuk-do; GG, Gyeonggi-do; GN, Gyeongsangnam-do; GW, Gangwon-do; HB, Hamgyeongbuk-do; HN, Hamgyeongnam-do; HWB, Hwanghaebuk-do; HWN, Hwanghaenam-do; JB, Jeollabuk-do; JG, Jagang-do; JJ, Jeju-do; JN, Jeollanam-do; PB, Pyeonganbuk-do; PN, Pyeongannam-do; YG, Yanggang-do