Lateral view	Australian distribution	Male genitalia (phallus), lateral view	Male genitalia (entire), lateral view
Male genitalia (entire), lateral view

Taxonomy

Subfamily: Sarcophaginae

Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen 1826

Subgenus: Sarcorohdendorfia Baranov 1938

Species: bifrons Walker 1853

Biology

Sarcophaga birfons has been captured around decaying meat (Johnston and Tiegs, 1922). The label on pinned specimens in the ANIC reads: ‘bred crab’ (Lopes, 1954).

Distribution

AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia), ORIENTAL.

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.

Lopes, Hde Souza. (1954) Contribution to the knowledge of the Australian Sarcophagid flies belonging to the genus "Tricholioproctia" Baranov, 1938 (Diptera). Publication of Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 26(2), 234-276.

Walker, F. (1853) ‘Diptera’. Part IV. In 'Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq.' F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1.  pp. 253-414: (Van Voorst, London).