Lateral view

Australian distribution

Male genitalia (phallus), lateral view

Male genitalia (cercus, surstylus), lateral view

Taxonomy

Subfamily: Sarcophaginae

Genus: Tricharaea Thomson 1869

Subgenus: Tricharaea Thomson 1869

Species: brevicornis Wiedemann 1830 (Tachina)

Biology

Tricharaea brevicornis is primarily found in open pastures, open woodlands and along beaches (Ferrar, 1979). This species is the only Australian representative of the genus Tricharaea, and has been collected at decayed carrion-baits by KAM but is also known to be attracted to cow dung (Ferrar, 1979).

Distribution

AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria), NEOTROPICAL.

Relevant Literature

Ferrar, R. (1979) The immature stages of dung-breeding Muscoid flies in Australia, with notes on the species, and key to the larvae and puparia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 73, 1-106.

Wiedemann, C.R.W. (1830) 'Aussereuropische zweiflgelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes.' Vol. 2. p. 64 (Schulz, Hamm).