SUKSESI DIPTERA DAN COLEOPTERA PADA BANGKAI KELINCI YANG TERDEKOMPOSISI DI DUA LOKASI BERBEDA DI HUTAN KAMPUS JATINANGOR, INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG

• Main Author: Faishal Farras Adha, Ahmad
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/42754
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The succession of the Diptera and Coleoptera Orders in decomposed rabbit carcasses in two different environments was studied in order to support the use of insects in legal and forensic aspects. In this research, two rabbits were sacrificed by cutting the carotid artery and then they were placed in two locations that have differences in canopy cover thickness in the Jatinangor Campus Forest. Diptera and Coleoptera samples were taken six times in a period of two weeks and at each sampling, the samples were preserved in 70% ethanol solution to be identified in terms of morphology. The identification obtained five Diptera families: Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Fannidae, Sepsidae, and Culicidae; and six Coleoptera families: Histeridae, Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Staphylinidae, Hispinae, and Chrysomelidae. At the location without tree canopies, the rabbit carcass was observed to be in the advanced decay phase at 168 post-mortem hours and became skeletons at 288 post-mortem hours. At the location with canopy cover, Diptera was found since 72 hours to 336 hours post-mortem while Coleoptera at 168 hours post-mortem. In the location with canopy cover, the advanced decay phase was observed in the rabbit carcasses after 120 post-mortem hours and had become a skeleton at 168 post-mortem hours. Diptera at this location were found since 72 hours to 168 hours post-mortem while Coleoptera at the same location was found since 140 hours post-mortem. This discovery indicates that the succession of insects on rabbit carcasses began with the Order Diptera and then Coleoptera and was closely related to the decay phase that the carcass was going through.