Lateral view

Australian distribution

Male genitalia (entire), lateral view

Male genitalia (entire), lateral vie

Taxonomy

Subfamily: Sarcophaginae

Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen 1826

Subgenus: Hardyella Lopes 1959

Species: littoralis Johnston & Tiegs 1922

Biology

Sarcophaga littoralis has been collected at ocean beaches (Johnston and Tiegs, 1922) and documented to have emerged from the common purple snail, Janthina janthina (ANIC collections). This species has also been collected at decayed carrion-baits by KAM.

Distribution

AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – New South Wales, Queensland).

Relevant Literature

Johnston, T.H., and Tiegs, O.W. (1922) New and known Australian sarcophagid flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 34, 181-190.