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. 2017 Jun 12;12(6):e0179404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179404

Table 2. Species list by scene type, month and year.

N Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Scene Type: Hospital 6
Species
Diptera: Calliphoridae 3
    -  Chrysomya rufifacies 1 A
    -  Lucilia eximia 2 A B
Hymenoptera: Apidae
    -  Apis mellifera 2 A B
Pthiraptera: Pulicidae
    -  Pediculus humanus 1 A
Acari: Ixodidae
    -  Amblyomma imitator or cajennense (nymph) 1 A
Scene Type: Scene N
In 		N
Out 		Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Diptera: Sarcophagidae 85 8 ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABC ABC BC ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC
    -  Blaesoxipha plinthopyga1 37 01 BC BC BCD C AB C C BC AC AC AB A
Diptera: Phoridae 60 2
    -  Megaselia scalaris 59 2 ABC ABCD ABC ACD AB ABC BC AC ABC ABC ABC ABC
    -  Dorniphora cornuta2 1 0 B
Diptera: Calliphoridae 64 56 AD ACD ABCD ABCD ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC ABC
    -  Phormia regina 12 8 D ACD ABCD ABCD B C C ABC
    -  Cochliomyia macellaria 17 20 D A D ABCD BC ABC ABC C BC B C
    -  Chrysomya rufifacies 34 36 AD AC ACD D AC ABC ABC ABC ABC AC BC ABC
    -  Chrysomya megacephala 21 19 A AD ACD ABC ABC AC ABC ABC A ABC
    -  Lucilia eximia 3 17 D B AC AB C AB ABC B
    -  Lucilia cuprina 8 1 C ABD A B A
    -  Lucilia sericata 1 0 A
    -  Calliphora vomitoria 0 2 A B
    -  Calliphora livida 0 1 D C
    -   Calliphora coloradensis 0 1 C
    -  Calliphora vicina 1 0 D
Diptera: Muscidae 20 14 B C AB ABC AB A BC B C C BC AB
    -  Synthesiomyia nudiseta 9 1 BD CD D AB C B C BC
    -  Musca domestica 4 1 A AB A A
    -  Hydrotea sp. 7 10 D CD BD ABC A BC B C C C B
    -  Fannia scalaris 0 1 A
Diptera: Piophilidae
    -  Piophila casei 2 4 BD A A C C
Diptera: Stratiomyidae
    -  Hermetia illucens 2 6 A BC C BC
Diptera: Anthomyiidae 0 1 A
Diptera: Sepsidae 0 1 A
Diptera: Drosophilidae 1 0 C
Diptera: Chironomidae 0 1
    -  Goelichironomus holoprasinus 0 1 B
    -  Polypedlium flavum 0 1 B
    -  Chironomus sp. 0 1 B
Diptera: Tachnidae 0 1 C
Diptera: Psychodidae
    -  Psychoda sp. 0 1 C
Coleoptera: Dermestidae 8 11 AD A D BD AB A ABC BC C BC A
    -  Dermestes maculatus 6 7 D AB A ABC B C C C A
Coleoptera: Nitidulidae
    -  Omosita sp. 0 5 A C C C A
Coleoptera: Histeridae3 1 3 A A A A
Coleoptera: Silphidae3 0 2 A B
Coleoptera: Cleridae3 3 0 A
Coleoptera: Staphylinidae 0 1 D
Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae 0 1 A
Coleoptera: Carabidae 0 1 B
Coleoptera: Elateridae 0 2 C B
Hymenoptera: Apidae
    -  Apis mellifera 0 1 B
Hymenoptera: Formicidae
    -  Solenopsis invicta 1 2 AB C
    -  Nylanderia fulva 0 1 D
Hymenoptera: Chalcididae
    -  Brachymeria fonscolombei 1 0 B
Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
    -  Nasonia vitripennis 0 1 D
Dictyoptera: Blatellidae
    -  Blatella germanica3 1 0 B
Lepidoptera 1 2 C C B
Orthoptera: Gryllidae 0 1 C
Orthoptera: Cicadellidae 0 1 B
Nematoda 1 1 C D B
Acari: Astigmatidae 0 3 C C
    -  Myianoetus muscuarum 0 2 C
Acari: Macrochelidae 0 1 A
Heteroptera: Cimicidae
    -  Cimex lectularis3 1 0 C
Annelida3 0 1 C
Diplopoda3 0 1 C
Isopoda3 0 3 C C B

A list of insect and arthropod species collected during selected medicolegal death investigations handled by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences from January 2013 through April 2016. The month of recorded collection is indicated by the letters A for 2013, B for 2014, C for 2015 and D for 2016.

1Confirmation of this species is based on the appearance of male genitalia from reared adult males and this could be an underestimate of actual abundance for this species because reared males may not always be obtained.

2Identification of this specimen is based on a single larva and is tentatively identified to the species level.

3These species may be regularly observed at scenes but not regularly collected and reported upon because they are not typically related to time of colonization estimation.