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
)
bifrons
Walker
(Figure 42a,b,c)
Sarcophaga bifrons
Walker, 1853
Sarcophaga epsilon
Johnston and Tiegs, 1922
Morphological characters.
Gena with setulae only yellow/white or with a mix of black and yellow/white. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae absent in females, and either absent or present in males. Proepisternum uniformly setulose, with setulae only yellow/white. Males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites in males with setulae either black or yellow/white, but females with setulae only yellow/white. Body length
10–15 mm
.
Geographical distribution.
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory, Lord Howe Island, New South
Wales
, Queensland, South
Australia
, Western
Australia
)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL.
Biology.
Sarcophaga bifrons
has been captured around decaying meat (
Johnston & Tiegs 1922
). The label on pinned specimens in the ANIC reads: ‘bred crab’ (
Lopes 1954
).
Taxonomy.
DNA barcode sequences of
S
.
bifrons
have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.