Forensic Entomology India
About (Dr Meenakshi Bharti)
Present Institute : Department of Zoology, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India-147002 adubharti@yahoo.co.in
Current assignment: Taxonomic studies on blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from North-west Himalaya
Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India, New Delhi
Editorial Responsibilities/Memberships/ citations
“Nocturnal Oviposition Behaviour of Blowflies (Diptera : Calliphoridae)” published in Forensic Science International cited in book “Forensic Entomology and Law” by Greenberg and Kunich, 2002, (Cambridge University Press).
Paper ‘Some notes on Nocturnal Larviposition by Sarcophaga ( Diptera : Sarcophagidae) presented at 6th International CongressonDipterology,23-28,September, 2006, Fukuoka, Japan.
On the Editorial board of
'The Open Forensic Science Journal’
And
Halteres (A peer reviewed journal in entomology)
Member of
‘European Association of Forensic Entomology’
Directory of forensic entomologists of the world—from EAFE.
2009 Finding of feral derived form (fdf) of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) from India with an evolutionary novelity (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 15(2):411-413.
“Two forms of Chrysomya megacephala were recognized earlier, the normal form (nf) and the synanthropic derived form (sdf). The synanthropic derived form differs from the normal form due to sharp demarcation between upper larger and lower smaller ommatidia. The normal form is confined to forests of South Pacific Islands (from Bismarck to Archipelago to Western Samoa), while synanthropic derived form has spread around the World from PNG. The discovery of feral derived form (fdf) from India, which is a morphological intermediate between normal form and synanthropic derived form, has raised questions about the ecological and evolutionary tendencies of this fly. The discovery suggests that some other relic populations are still existent in other parts of Indian sub-continent.”
2009 Some notes on medically important flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India. Halteres, 1: 66-71.
2010 Lucilia calviceps Bezzi, new record from India (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with a revised key to Indian Species. Halteres, 2: 29-30.
2008 Nocturnal larviposition by flesh flies ( Diptera: Sarcophagidae) (Forensic Science International, 177:e19-e20.
2008 Diptera: Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae from India. Journal of Entomological Research,32(1):78-82.
2008 Current status of family Muscidae (Diptera) from India. Journal of Entomological Research,32(2):171-176.
2007 Effect of temperature on development of forensically important blow fly, Chrysomya megacaphala (Fabricius) (Diptera:Calliphoridae). Entomon,32(2):149-151.
2005 Forensic Entomology: Use of Insects in Crime Investigation. Everyman’s Science, 39(5): 321-323.
2003 Studies on the insect fauna of decaying Rabbit carcasses from Punjab, India. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48(5): 1133-1143.
2002 Occurence of different larval stages of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on decaying rabbit carcasses. Journal of Entomological Research, 25(3): 343-350.
2001 Further observations on the nocturnal oviposition behaviour of blowflies (Diptera : Callilphoridae). Forensic Science International, 120: 124‑126.
2001 First record of some carrion flies (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 21(3): 261-268.
Article in book:
- 2006 Forensic Importance of Insects Sequentially Colonizing Carcasses in book entitled ‘Forensic Science and Crime Investigation’, edited by Ramesh Chandra.
