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Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) omikron Johnston and Tiegs

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Dowton, Mark & Pape, Thomas, 2013, A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato), pp. 148-189 in Zootaxa 3680 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/222104

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sarcophagidae
Genus
Sarcophaga
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Johnston and Tiegs
Species
omikron
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Johnston, T. H. & Tiegs, O. W. (1921) New and little-known sarcophagid flies from south - eastern Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 33, 46 - 90.
  • Salem, H. H. (1946) New species of Sarcophaga (Diptera - Sarcophagidae) from the Australian region and its neighbouring islands. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 27, 183 - 213.