Researching aquatic insects having forensic importance in the south part of Aksaray

In this study, two domestic pigs' head belonging to Sus scrofa domestica have been put in a cage for identifying the aquatic insects having forensic importance to two different drainage canals within the campus site of Aksaray University in the south part of Aksaray city. The insects coming on the carrion have been collected through field survey at the same time each day between 16.05.2014-20.06.2014. Also, the decay stages of the carrion have been detected by taking photos of the postmortem physical changes in the pigs' heads belonging to Sus scrofa domestica during this time. It has also been tested and evaluated some physical values of the water in drainage canals where the pigs' head are settled. The samples collected have been brought to the laboratory and the insect species and their succession have been identified. At the end of the identification, it has been identified 9 species belonging to Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Fanniidae, Ephydridae and Chironomidae families from Diptera; 6 species and one subspecies belonging to Histeridae, Staphylinidae, Nitidulidae, Dytiscidae and Helophoridae families from Coleoptera; 2 species belonging to Gerridae and Corixidae families from Hemiptera; a species belonging to Libellulidae family from Odonata. The identified taxons are: Muscina stabulans, Musca domestica, Phormia regina, Lucilia cuprina, Calliphora vicina, Fannia scalaris, Chrysomya albiceps, Ephydra sp., Chironomus sp. (Diptera); Agabus conspersus, Graptodytes sedilloti phrygius, Helophorus paraminutus, Helophorus micans, Saprinus lautus, Aleochara cuniculorum, Nitidula carnaria (Coleoptera) Gerris thoracicus, Sigara sp. (Hemiptera); Sympetrum sanguineum (Odonata) species. This study is the first study about identifying the aquatic insects having forensic importance in our country and the identified taxons are recorded for the first time from our country in terms of forensic aquatic entomology. Keywords : Aksaray, Forensic Aquatic Entomology, Sus scrofa domestica (Domestic Pig), Aquatic insects, Decomposition.