A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato)
Author
Dowton, Mark
Author
Pape, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2013
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148
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11
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Sarcophaga
(
Sarcorohdendorfia
)
impatiens
Walker
(Figure 48a,b,c)
Sarcophaga impatiens
Walker, 1849
Morphological characters.
Gena and occiput with setulae only yellow/white. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. 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. In males, median patch of dense setae present at the base of the 4th abdominal sternite. Body length
10–15 mm
.
Geographical distribution.
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory, New South
Wales
, Northern Territory, Queensland, South
Australia
, Tasmania, Victoria, Western
Australia
)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.
Biology.
Sarcophaga impatiens
has been bred from rotten meat and sheep's liver (
Johnston & Tiegs 1921
) and collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM. Larval development of
S
.
impatiens
was investigated by
Roberts (1976)
. This species has also been recorded by JFW in forensic cases in
Australia
.
Taxonomy.
All three larval instars were described by
Cantrell (1981; referred to as
Tricholioproctia impatiens
)
. DNA barcode sequences of
S
.
impatiens
have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.