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Sarcophaga (Lioproctia) alcicornis

Lateral view

Australian distribution

Male genitalia (phallus), lateral view

Male genitalia (entire), lateral view

Male genitalia (entire), lateral view

Subfamily: Sarcophaginae

Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen 1826

Subgenus: Lioproctia Enderlein 1928

Species: alcicornis Hardy 1932      

Distribution

AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia � New South Wales, Queensland).

Biology

Labels from pinned specimens (from the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC)) include: �ex dead grubs�, �ex corn� and �ex scrub� (Lopes, 1954). Sarcophaga alcicornis has also been collected at decayed carrion-baits by KAM.

Taxonomy

DNA barcode sequences of S. alcicornis have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.

References

Hardy, G.H. (1932) Some new Australian sarcophagid flies: and notes on others. The Australian Zoologist 7, 275-281.

 

Lopes, H.d.S. (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.