A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato)
Author
Dowton, Mark
Author
Pape, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2013
3680
1
148
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11
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Sarcophaga
(
Sarcorohdendorfia
)
villisterna
Salem
(Figure 57a,b,c)
Sarcophaga villisterna
Salem, 1946
Morphological characters.
Gena with setulae only or mostly yellow/white and occiput with setulae only yellow/ white. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present in females, but either absent or present in males. Apical scutellar setae present in males, but either absent or present in females. Proepisternum uniformly setulose, with setulae only yellow/white. Males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with setulae only yellow/ white. Body length
10–15 mm
.
Geographical distribution.
Australia
(New South
Wales
, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western
Australia
)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.
Biology.
Sarcophaga villisterna
has been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM, close to beaches or inland lakes.
Taxonomy.
DNA barcode sequences of
S
.
villisterna
have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.