Development of Muscina stabulans at constant temperatures with implications for minimum postmortem interval estimation

Muscina stabulans (Fallén 1817) is a disease vector and a species of forensic value, particularly in the case of buried bodies. In this study, M. stabulans was reared under a total of seven constant temperatures at 16–34 °C, and the developmental duration, accumulated degree days, and larval body length were studied. From the results, three developmental models were established for estimating the minimum postmortem interval (PMImin), including...