Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) albiceps Meigen
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Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) albiceps Meigen
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Sarcophaga albiceps Meigen, 1826
Morphological characters. Gena with setulae 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 present. Proepisternum bare and males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with short setulae in females. Body length 10–15 mm.
Geographical distribution. Australia (Queensland)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL, PALAE ARCTIC.
Biology. Sarcophaga albiceps breeds in decaying organic matter and has been observed to larviposit on mutton in India and fish in Pakistan (Shazia et al. 2006; Singh & Bharti 2008). Similar observations have been made of this species breeding in faeces in the presence of carrion in Thailand (Bänziger & Pape 2004). Sarcophaga albiceps has also been documented causing cutaneous myiasis of buffalo, cows and humans (Castro et al. 2010). Larvae of S. albiceps are facultative predators of a variety of lepidopteran pupae and hymenopteran larvae.
Taxonomy. The third-instar larva was described by Ishijima (1967).
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- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Sarcophagidae
- Genus
- Sarcophaga
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Meigen
- Species
- albiceps
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Meigen, J. W. (1826) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten, p. xii + 412 pp., pls. 42 - 54. Vol. 5, Schulz, Hamm.
- Shazia, T. M., Suhail, A. & Yousuf, M. J. (2006) Systematics and populations of sarcophagid flies in Faisalabad (Pakistan). International Journal of Agriculture & Biology, 8, 809 - 811.
- Singh, B. & Bharti, M. (2008) Some notes on the nocturnal larviposition by two species of Sarcophaga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Forensic Science International, 177, 19 - 20. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. forsciint. 2007.08.007
- Banziger, H. & Pape, T. (2004) Flowers, faeces and cadavers: natural feeding and laying habits of flesh flies in Thailand (Diptera: Sarcophagidae, Sarcophaga spp.). Journal of Natural History, 38, 1677 - 1694. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 0022293031000156303
- Castro, C. B., Garcia, M. D., Arnaldos, M. I. & Gonzalez-Mora, D. (2010) Sarcophagidae (Diptera) attracted to piglet carcasses including new records for Portuguese fauna. Graellsia, 66, 285 - 294. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3989 / graellsia. 2010. v 66.023
- Ishijima, H. (1967) Revision of the third stage larvae of synanthropic flies of Japan (Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae). Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 18, 47 - 100.