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ArticleInsects2026

Post Mortem Artifacts by

Marco Pezzi, Erica Di Biase, Federica Fumo, Domenico Bonelli, Federica Mendicino, Francesco Carlomagno, Enrico Schifani, Donato A Grasso, Milvia Chicca, Vannio Vercillo and 1 more

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Article in Insects, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Marco PezziDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2817-7185
Erica Di BiaseDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-4901-4562
Federica FumoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-9749-7649
Domenico BonelliDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1936-7104
Federica MendicinoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5072-5390
Francesco CarlomagnoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5829-7693
Enrico SchifaniInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-Pompeu Fabra University, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0684-6229
Donato A GrassoDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9334-4280
Milvia ChiccaDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Vannio VercilloVia Settimio Gargano, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Teresa BonacciDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6334-0729

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many ant species play a relevant role in the successional patterns of insects colonizing human and animal corpses. Although feeding behavior in ants depends on the trophic preferences of each taxon, these insects are often reported in several studies as predators of eggs, larvae, and adults of necrophagous insects. Among ants, some species are known to cause damage on human and animal dermis, known as post-mortem skin artifacts. The extensive activity of worker ants on corpses may hinder forensic pathological investigations aimed at determining the cause and location of death, as well as the assessment of entomologists in estimating the minimum post-mortem interval. We report for the first time a case of skin lesions on a human corpse found in a suburban area of the city of Cosenza (Calabria, Southern Italy), caused by the ant

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forensicsFormicidaeinjuriesItalyPheidoleskin post-mortem artifacts

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PMID41752583
PMCPMC12941155

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