Dr Daniel Martin-Vega

Grants

MORPHIC— Methods of researching pupal history involving CT-scanning: A novel approach to death time estimations
Role: Principal investigatorMartin-Vega
Funding: FP7 - People
Total value £221,606.40 (to Museum £221,606.40)
Dates: 2014 - 2016

Study of the holotypes of Prochyliza nigricornis (Meigen) and Prochyliza nigrimana (Meigen) (Diptera: Piophilidae): Solving a long-time controversy
Funding: FP7 - Capacities
Dates: 2014 - 2014

Study of the holotypes of Prochyliza nigricornis (Meigen) and Prochyliza nigrimana (Meigen) (Diptera: Piophilidae): Solving a long-time controversy
Funding: FP7 - Capacities
Dates: 2014 - 2014

Fellowships

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, Natural History Museum, London (United Kingdom), 2014 - 2016.

SYNTHESYS Grant, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (France), 2014 - 2014.

IUICP (Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Policiales) - Research Fellowship, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain), 2013 - 2014.

DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) - Research Fellowship, Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena (Germany), 2013 - 2013.

Programa de Ayudas Postdoctorales UAH - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain), 2012 - 2013.

IUICP (Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Policiales) - Research Fellowship, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain), 2011 - 2011.

Programa FPU del Ministerio Español de Educación y Ciencia - Research Training Fellowship, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain), 2006 - 2009.

Programa FPI-UAH - Research Training Fellowship, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain), 2005 - 2006.

Beca de Colaboración del Ministerio Español de Educación, Cultura y Deporte - Research Training Grant, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain), 2004 - 2004.

Memberships

Member, IUICP (Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Policiales), 2010 - on going.

Member, AeE (Asociación española de Entomología), 2009 - on going.

Member, EAFE (European Association for Forensic Entomology), 2006 - on going.

Publications

Martín-Vega D, Garbout A, Ahmed F, Wicklein M, Goater CP, Colwell DD, Hall MJR (null) 3D virtual histology at the host/parasite interface: visualisation of the master manipulator, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, in the brain of its ant host. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26977-2

Martín-Vega D, Martín Nieto C, Cifrián B, Baz A, Díaz-Aranda LM (2017) Early colonisation of urban indoor carcasses by blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae): An experimental study from central Spain. Forensic Science International, 278 : 87 - 94. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.06.036

Martín-Vega D, Díaz-Aranda LM, Baz A, Cifrián B (2017) Effect of Temperature on the Survival and Development of Three Forensically Relevant Dermestes Species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 54 (5) : 1140 - 1150. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjx110

Martín-Vega D, Simonsen TJ, Wicklein M, Hall MJR (2017) Age estimation during the blow fly intra-puparial period: a qualitative and quantitative approach using micro-computed tomography. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 131 (5) : 1429 - 1448. doi: 10.1007/s00414-017-1598-2

Martín-Vega D, Ebejer MJ, Whitmore D (2017) Out of the South? The first Afrotropical record of Prochyliza Walker (Diptera: Piophilidae), with description of a new species.. Zootaxa, 4232 (1) : doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.12

MARTÍN-VEGA D, EBEJER MJ, WHITMORE D (null) Out of the South? The first Afrotropical record of Prochyliza Walker (Diptera: Piophilidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4232 (1) : 144 - 144. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.12

Martín-Vega D, Simonsen TJ, Hall MJR (2017) Looking into the puparium: Micro-CT visualization of the internal morphological changes during metamorphosis of the blow fly,Calliphora vicina, with the first quantitative analysis of organ development in cyclorrhaphous dipterans. Journal of Morphology, 278 (5) : 629 - 651. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20660

Hall MJR, Simonsen TJ, Martín-Vega D (2017) The ‘dance’ of life: visualizing metamorphosis during pupation in the blow fly Calliphora vicina by X-ray video imaging and micro-computed tomography. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (1) : 160699 - 160699. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160699

Hofer IMJ, Hart AJ, Martín-Vega D, Hall MJR (2017) Optimising crime scene temperature collection for forensic entomology casework. Forensic Science International, 270 : 129 - 138. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.11.019

Martín-Vega D, Hall MJR, Simonsen TJ (2016) Resolving Confusion in the Use of Concepts and Terminology in Intrapuparial Development Studies of Cyclorrhaphous Diptera. Journal of Medical Entomology, 53 (6) : 1249 - 1251. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw081

Saifi M, Doumandji S, Martín-Vega D (2016) Piophila megastigmata McAlpine 1978 (Diptera: Piophilidae): the first record from northern Africa of this forensically relevant fly. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 52 (4) : 243 - 246. doi: 10.1080/00379271.2016.1244491

Zajac BK, Martin-Vega D, Feddern N, Fremdt H, e Castro CP, Szpila K, Reckel F, Schütt S, Verhoff MA, Amendt J, Zehner R (2016) Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of the forensically important family Piophilidae (Diptera) from different European locations. Forensic Science International, 259 : 77 - 84. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.12.024

Martín-Vega D, Hall MJR (2016) Estimating the age of Calliphora vicina eggs (Diptera: Calliphoridae): determination of embryonic morphological landmarks and preservation of egg samples. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 130 (3) : 845 - 854. doi: 10.1007/s00414-015-1308-x

Martín-Vega D, Niederegger S (null) Larval muscle attachment site (MAS) patterns are a conserved character among Piophilini flies (Diptera, Piophilidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 62 (2) : 239 - 245. doi: 10.3897/dez.62.5685

Martín-Vega D, Cifrián B, Díaz-Aranda LM, Baz A (2015) Necrophilous Histerid Beetle Communities (Coleoptera: Histeridae) in Central Spain: Species Composition and Habitat Preferences. Environmental Entomology, 44 (4) : 966 - 974. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvv077

Baz A, Botías C, Martín-Vega D, Cifrián B, Díaz-Aranda LM (2015) Preliminary data on carrion insects in urban (indoor and outdoor) and periurban environments in central Spain. Forensic Science International, 248 : 41 - 47. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.012

MARTÍN-VEGA D (null) <strong>On the identity of <em>Prochyliza</em> <em>nigrimana</em> (Meigen) and <em>Prochyliza</em> <em>nigricornis</em> (Meigen) (Diptera: Piophilidae), with a synopsis of <em>Prochyliza</em> Walker and description of a new species</strong>. Zootaxa, 3893 (2) : 277 - 277. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.2.7

Martin-Vega D, Baz A (2014) Puparial morphology of Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer, 1798) (Diptera: Piophilidae). Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología, 38 (1-2) : 187 - 190.

Martín-Vega D, Cifrián B, Díaz-Aranda LM, Baz A (2014) Environmental correlates of species diversity for sarcosaprophagous Diptera across a pronounced elevational gradient in central Spain. Italian Journal of Zoology, 81 (3) : 415 - 424. doi: 10.1080/11250003.2014.940007

Martín-Vega D, Diaz-Aranda LM, Baz A (2014) The immature stages of the necrophagous fly Liopiophila varipes and considerations on the genus Liopiophila (Diptera: Piophilidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 61 (1) : 37 - 42. doi: 10.3897/dez.61.7534

Martín-Vega D, Baz A (2014) Comparative larval morphology of the European bone-skippers,Thyreophora cynophila(Panzer, 1798) andCentrophlebomyia furcata(Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Piophilidae), with notes on their coexistence and natural history. Journal of Natural History, 48 (5-6) : 285 - 299. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791938

Baz A, Cifrián B, Martín-Vega D (2014) Patterns of Diversity and Abundance of Carrion Insect Assemblages in the Natural Park “Hoces del Río Riaza” (Central Spain). Journal of Insect Science, 14 (1) : doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieu024

Martín-Vega D, Aguirre-Segura A, Barranco P, Baz A, Cifrián B (2013) Necrophagy in crickets, katydids and grasshoppers? Orthoptera collected in carrion-baitedtraps in central Spain. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 49 (1) : 91 - 99. doi: 10.1080/00379271.2013.769320

MARTÍN‐VEGA D, BAZ A (2013) Sarcosaprophagous Diptera assemblages in natural habitats in central Spain: spatial and seasonal changes in composition. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 27 (1) : 64 - 76. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01028.x

Martín-Vega D, Baz A (2013) Sex-Biased Captures of Sarcosaprophagous Diptera in Carrion-Baited Traps. Journal of Insect Science, 13 (14) : 1 - 12. doi: 10.1673/031.013.1401

Martín-Vega D, Baz A, Díaz-Aranda LM (2012) The immature stages of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana: comparison with Piophila casei and medicolegal considerations (Diptera: Piophilidae). Parasitology Research, 111 (3) : 1127 - 1135. doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-2943-5

Martín-Vega D, Baz A (2012) Spatiotemporal Distribution of Necrophagous Beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae, Silphidae) Assemblages in Natural Habitats of Central Spain. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 105 (1) : 44 - 53. doi: 10.1603/an11062

Martín‐Vega D, Gómez‐Gómez A, Baz A (2011) The “Coffin Fly” Conicera tibialis (Diptera: Phoridae) Breeding on Buried Human Remains After a Postmortem Interval of 18 Years*. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 56 (6) : 1654 - 1656. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01839.x

Martín-Vega D (2011) Skipping clues: forensic importance of the family Piophilidae (Diptera).. Forensic science international, 212 (1-3) : 1 - 5. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.016

Martín-Vega D, Baz A (2011) Could the ‘vulture restaurants’ be a lifeboat for the recently rediscovered bone-skippers (Diptera: Piophilidae)?. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15 (5) : 747 - 753. doi: 10.1007/s10841-011-9429-0

Martin-Vega D (2011) Estudio de los agregados de dípteros sarcosaprófagos y su relación con los ecosistemas naturales de la Comunidad de Madrid. PhD Thesis.

MARTÍN-VEGA D, BAZ A (2011) Variation in the colour of the necrophagous fly, Prochyliza nigrimana (Diptera: Piophilidae): A case of seasonal polymorphism. European Journal of Entomology, 108 (2) : 231 - 234. doi: 10.14411/eje.2011.031

MARTÍN-VEGA D, GÓMEZ-GÓMEZ A, BAZ A, DÍAZ-ARANDA LM (2011) New piophilid in town: the first Palaearctic record of Piophila megastigmata and its coexistence with Piophila casei in central Spain. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 25 (1) : 64 - 69. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00907.x

Martín-Vega D, Baz A (2011) Observation of Deathin copulain a Laboratory Colony of the Necrophagous Fly,Prochyliza nigrimana(Diptera: Piophilidae). Entomological News, 122 (5) : 489 - 490. doi: 10.3157/021.122.0511

MARTÍN-VEGA D, BAZ A, MICHELSEN V (2010) Back from the dead:Thyreophora cynophila(Panzer, 1798) (Diptera: Piophilidae) ‘globally extinct’ fugitive in Spain. Systematic Entomology, 35 (4) : 607 - 613. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00541.x

Baz A, Cifrian B, Martin-Vega D (2010) Distribution of the German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and the Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Natural Habitats in Central Spain as Shown by Carrion-baited Traps. SOCIOBIOLOGY, 55 (3) : 871 - 881.

Baz A, Cifrian B, Martin-Vega D, Baena M (2010) Phytophagous insects captured in carrion-baited traps in central Spain. BULLETIN OF INSECTOLOGY, 63 (1) : 21 - 30.

Gómez-Gómez A, Martin-Vega D, Tschorsnig HP, Baz A, Cifrián B, Díaz-Aranda LM (2010) Tachinids associated with carrion in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. Entomologia Generalis: journal of general and applied entomology, 32 (3) : 217 - 226.

Martin-Vega D, Baz A (2010) Prochyliza nigricornis (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Piophilidae): nueva especie para la fauna de la Península Ibérica. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología, 34 (1-2) : 249 - 251.

Martin-Vega D, Baz A (2010) Datos sobre Dermaptera capturados en trampas cebadas con carroña en el centro de la Península Ibérica. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 46 : 571 - 573.

Martin-Vega D, Gómez-Gómez A, Baz A (2010) The Austrian Piophilidae (Diptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural Sciences of Madrid, Spain. Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik, 11 : 9 - 12.

Martin-Vega D (2007) Distribución y estacionalidad de los Silphidae (Coleoptera) necrófagos en los ecosistemas naturales de la Comunidad de Madrid. Master's Thesis.

Baz A, Cifrián B, Díaz-äranda LM, Martín-Vega D (2007) The distribution of adult blow-flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) along an altitudinal gradient in Central Spain. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 43 (3) : 289 - 296. doi: 10.1080/00379271.2007.10697524

Gómez-Gómez A, Martín-Vega D, Botías-Talamantes C, Baz-Ramos A, Díaz-Aranda LM (null) La Entomología Forense en España: pasado, presente y perspectivas de futuro. Cuadernos de Medicina Forense, doi: 10.4321/s1135-76062007000100003

Penín P, Martin-Vega D, Martínez-Díaz RA (2006) Preliminary data to determine malaria transmission risk in Banda Aceh, an area affected by the tsunami on December 2004. Revista Ibérica de Parasitología, 66 (1-4) : 9 - 11.

Courses taught

First year: Zoology
9/2012 - 9/2013.

Fifth year: Arthropods
Universidad de Alcalá (Spain)
9/2011 - 9/2012.

Fifth year: Applied Entomology
Universidad de Alcalá (Spain)
9/2011 - 9/2012.

Other: Zoology
Universidad de Alcalá (Spain)
9/2006 - 5/2014.

Supervision

Bachelor's honours Co-supervisor to Martín Nieto C
Estudio de los dípteros necrófagos colonizadores primarios y su aplicación en la estimación del intervalo postmortem
1/9/2013 - 31/7/2014.

Awards

Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado - PhD Special Award, 14/6/2013.