Taxonomy
Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen
1826
Subgenus: Sarcorohdendorfia
Baranov 1938
Species: beta Johnston & Tiegs 1921
Biology
Sarcophaga
beta has been bred from bad meat (Johnston and
Tiegs, 1921) and also collected at decayed carrion-baits
by KAM.
Distribution
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – Queensland).
Relevant Literature
Johnston, T.H., and
Tiegs, O.W. (1921) New and little-known sarcophagid flies
from south-eastern Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal
Society of Queensland 33, 46-90.