Editorial: a battle for entomology

Entomology Department, USAMC Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, 315/6 Rajavithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan Vector Borne Disease Training Center, 6 Phahonyothin Road, Phrabuddhabat, Saraburi, 18120, Thailand Department of Entomology, Penn State University, 537 A...

1Department of Entomology and the Nematology and Chemistry Units, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani centre, Derech Hamacabim 68, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel 2Department of Entomology, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel 3Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappal...

Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-901, Brazil, Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR 81531-990, Brazil, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Wa...

Department of Entomology and Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, and Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Phytokoy St....

a Veterinary Toxicology and Entomology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department o f Agriculture, College Station, TX 77840, b Western Regional Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department o f Agriculture, Berkeley, CA 94710, and c Department o f Entomology, University o f California, Ri...

법곤충학(forensic entomology)은 법적인 문제와 연관된 곤 충학적 내용을 연구하는 학문이다. 법곤충학은 도시곤충학 (urban entomology), 저장식품곤충학(stored product entomology), 법의곤충학(medicolegal entomology, forensic medical entomology)의 세 분야로 나눌 수 있다. 도시곤충학 은 인간이 만든 건축물이나 인간이 살아가는 환경에 관계되는 곤충과 그 관련 생물들로 인한 법적인 문제를 다루는 학문이 고, 저장식품곤충학은 식품에 오염되거나 혼입된 곤충으로 인 해 일어나는 문제들을 다루며, 법의곤충학은 변사사건에 관련 된 곤충학적 증거를 활용하여 범죄수사에 도움을 주는 학문이 다. 법의곤충학이 주로 관여하는 업무는 1...