Taxonomy
Subfamily:
Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga
Meigen 1826
Subgenus: Sarcorohdendorfia
Baranov 1938
Species: froggatti Taylor 1917
Biology
Sarcophaga froggatti has been bred from decayed meat in Brisbane (referred to as Sarcophaga theta n. sp.; Johnston and Tiegs, 1921) and collected at decayed carrion-baits by KAM.
Distribution
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – New South Wales, Northern
Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
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.
Taylor, F.H. (1917) Sarcophaga
froggatti, sp. n. — a new sheep-maggot fly. Bulletin
of Entomological Research 7, 265.