A new species of Lioptilodes Zimmerman (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from northern Chile

Male and female adults of a new species of Lioptilodes Zimmerman (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) are described and illustrated. Immature stages are associated with Baccharis scandens (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). The species was collected in two localities of northern Chile: near sea level in the Azapa valley, in the coastal desert of Arica Province and at 3000 m elevation in Socoroma, Parinacota Province.

Prospección del recurso Caracol (Thais Chocolata) en el litoral de Moquegua y Tacna. Julio 1997

Presenta los resultados de la evaluación de los bancos naturales del recurso caracol (Thais chocolata) situados en Cocotea y Llostay (departamentos de Moquegua y Tacna), encontrándose que el recurso tiene como hábitat preferente las comunidades de Aulacomya ater (chorales) y Pyura chilensis (cochizales). En relación a los resultados obtenidos durante la prospección de 1996, se afirma que el recurso sigue sometido a la sobreexplotación por lo que se sugiere adoptar medidas regulativas para no causar un colapso pesquero.

Insects associated with exposed decomposing bodies in the Colombian Andean Coffee Region

In Colombia, mainly classic forensic medicine methods were used to clarify crimes until 2004. However, other disciplines, including forensic entomology, started to be considered only after the New Accusatory System introduction in Bogotá and the Coffee Region in 2005. In order to provide tools for obtaining evidentiary material elements in judicial trials, it is presented here the succession of insects throughout the decomposition process of an exposed carcass of Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 (Suidae) and the Occurrence Matrix of colonizing species. This process was evaluated under ambient conditions in the Andean rural area of the city of Pereira, in the Mundo Nuevo district, located in a pre-montane Wet Forest area, from October to November 2006. A sampling period of 27 days and 3198 individuals were collected. We found these colonizing species in the following stages of decomposition: Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819) fresh; Hemilucilia semidiaphana (Rondani, 1850), Oxelytrum discicolle (Brullé, 1840), and Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius 1775) bloated; Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann 1819), Compsomyiops verena (Walker, 1849), Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830) and Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 active; Fannia sp. advanced and Stearibia nigriceps (Meigen, 1826) remains. This study provides support tools to define the Post Mortem Interval that may be used by experts from government institutions and laboratories officially accredited.

Estadística de desembarque de la flota artesanal en la zona sur del litoral peruano (enero 1996 - diciembre 1999)

Brinda información sobre la actividad extractiva de la flota pesquera artesanal en los principales lugares de desembarque del litoral sur: Atico, Matarani, Ilo, Morro Sama y Vila Vila, durante el período de enero de 1996 a diciembre de 1999. Su veracidad y confiabilidad se basa en un riguroso sistema de captación, verificación y procesamiento de datos efectuado por el personal del Laboratorio Costero de Ilo del Instituto del Mar del Perú.

Revisión de la biología y pesquería del recursos chanque concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae)

Da a conocer las principales características biológicas del Concholepas Concholepas y muestra las investigaciones realizadas en los últimos años por el Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE), con el fin de fomentar la investigación y establecer las pautas para resolver la problemática por la que atraviesa el recurso debido a su sobreexplotación.

Understanding death in custody: a case for a comprehensive definition.

Prisoners sometimes die in prison, either due to natural illness, violence, suicide, or a result of imprisonment. The purpose of this study is to understand deaths in custody using qualitative methodology and to argue for a comprehensive definition of death in custody that acknowledges deaths related to the prison environment. Interviews were conducted with 33 experts, who primarily work as lawyers or forensic doctors with national and/or international organisations. Responses were coded and analysed qualitatively. Defining deaths in custody according to the place of death was deemed problematic. Experts favoured a dynamic approach emphasising the link between the detention environment and occurrence of death rather than the actual place of death. Causes of deaths and different patterns of deaths were discussed, indicating that many of these deaths are preventable. Lack of an internationally recognised standard definition of death in custody is a major concern. Key aspects such as place, time, and causes of death as well as relation to the prison environment should be debated and incorporated into the definition. Systematic identification of violence within prison institutions is critical and efforts are needed to prevent unnecessary deaths in prison and to protect vulnerable prisoners.