The community succession of arthropods on a pig carcass in Lebanon: different taxonomic level approaches with faunistic notes

SummaryThe diversity of arthropods is studied, at family and species level, on a pig carcass during a warm season in an open field in Badghan-Mount Lebanon. Ten orders of arthropods were found associated to the carcass. A total of 1168 specimens of adults Diptera and Coleoptera were collected. Among Diptera, the predator Chrysomya albiceps was dominant on the carcass during the active decay stage and Musca spp. were necrophagous. Within...