The Criminalistic Entomology in Cuba: projections for its development

Abstract

The development of investigations related to the succession of insects that colonize dead bodies has become frequent in the last decade. The phases of its development descriptions are been studied and perfectionated with the objective to carry out more precise estimations about postmortem interval (IPM). This motivation arises starting from the particularity of each geographical area where the studies are developed. The objective of this article is to let to know the Criminalistic Entomology evolution in Cuba. By means of the summary of derived scientific results of the investigations carried out on cadaverous fauna, the knowledge of the main groups of insects gathered in these cadaverous ecosystems, its application, the socialization of the results and the future projections for the Cuban Criminalistic development. Efforts directed to the diagnosis of this particular entomofauna from a biological criminalistic focus to perfectionate the IPM has been made.