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
(
Poseidonimyia
)
simplex
(Lopes)
(Figure 68a,b,c)
Heteronychia simplex
Lopes, 1967
Morphological characters.
Gena with setulae only black. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal and apical scutellar setae present. Proepisternum bare and median marginal setae present on the 3rd abdominal tergite. Body length
5–10 mm
. (These characters are only valid for males, as females were not examined).
Geographical distribution.
Australia
(Queensland)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL.
Biology.
Sarcophaga simplex
has been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.
Taxonomy.
This species belongs to the monotypic subgenus
Poseidonimyia
. DNA barcode sequences of
S
.
simplex
have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.