First Report of Dermestes frischii Kugelann (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) on a Human Corpse, South of Iran

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The necrophagous species of beetles provide useful complementary data to estimate the post-mortem interval in forensic cases.We report, for the first time, Dermestes frischii Kugelann, 1792 larvae from a mummified human body covered with bushes and located in a canal in Sarvestan district, Fars province, south of Iran.The human corpse was a 63 year old male.The time of death was estimated to have been 23 days prior to the finding of the body based on the police investigations and confessions of a suspect.This beetle can be helpful to estimate the time of death in the future.