Taxonomy
Subfamily:
Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga
Meigen 1826
Subgenus: Sarcorohdendorfia
Baranov 1938
Species: impatiens Walker 1849
Biology
Sarcophaga impatiens has been bred from bad meat and sheep's liver
(Johnston and Tiegs, 1921) and collected at decayed
carrion-baits by KAM. It is a common carrion breeder,
however is rarely involved in animal or human myiasis.
Larval development of S. impatiens was
investigated by Roberts (1976). The first-, second- and
third- instar larvae were described by Cantrell (1981;
referred to as Tricholioproctia impatiens). This
species has also
featured in forensic cases in Australia (JFW pers. comm.).
Distribution
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).Relevant Literature
Cantrell, B.K. (1981) The immature stages of
some Australian Sarcophaginae (Diptera:
Sarcophagidae). Journal of the Australian
Entomological Society 20, 237-248.
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.
Roberts,
B. (1976) Larval development in the Australian flesh fly
Tricholioproctia impatiens. Annals of the
Entomological Society of America 69(2),
158-164.
Walker,
F. (1849) 'List of the specimens of dipterous insects in
the collection of the British Museum.' (British Museum:
London) Part IV. pp. 689-1172.