A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato)
Author
Dowton, Mark
Author
Pape, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2013
3680
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148
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11
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Sarcophaga
(
Sarcorohdendorfia
)
omikron
Johnston and Tiegs
(Figure 52a,b,c)
Sarcophaga omikron
Johnston and Tiegs, 1921
Sarcophaga stellata
Salem, 1946
Morphological characters.
Gena and occiput with setulae only yellow/white. Presutural acrostichal present in males but absent in females. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. 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
(Australian Capital Territory, New South
Wales
, Northern Territory, Queensland, South
Australia
, Victoria, Western
Australia
)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.
Biology.
Sarcophaga omikron
has been bred from wool and rotten potatoes (
Johnston & Tiegs 1921
), and also collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.
Taxonomy.
DNA barcode sequences of
S
.
omikron
have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.