Subfamily:
Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga
Meigen 1826
Subgenus: Liopygia
Enderlein 1928
Species: ruficornis Fabricius
1794 (Musca)
Distribution
AFROTROPICAL,
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia �New South Wales,
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western
Australia), NEARCTIC,
NEOTROPICAL, ORIENTAL, PALAEARCTIC.
Biology
Sarcophaga ruficornis
breeds in both faeces and carrion, and has been caught at
baites of decayed carrion, rabbit, fish, liver and chicken
(Das and Dasgupta, 1982; Amoudi
et al. 1994; B�nziger
and Pape 2004; Shazia et al., 2006;
Hanan, 2010). It has been reported to cause myiasis in
dogs, horses, mules and leprosy patients (Sreevatsa et
al., 1990;
Amoudi et al. 1994). It is also a documented
parasite of the toad, Bufo melanostictus (Roy
and Dasgupta, 1977).
Taxonomy
DNA barcode sequences of S. ruficornis have
been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.
References
Amoudi, M.A., Diab, F.M., and Abou-Fannah,
S.S.M. (1994) Development rate and mortality of
immature Parasarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis
(Diptera: Sarcophagidae) at constant laboratory
temperatures. Journal of Medical Entomology 31,
168-170.
B�nziger,
H., and Pape, T. (2004) Flowers, faeces and cadavers:
natural feeding and laying habits of flesh flies in
Thailand (Diptera: Sarcophagidae, Sarcophaga spp.).
Journal of
Natural History 38, 1677-1694.
Das,
S.K., and Dasgupta, B. (1982) Seasonal occurance of
blow-flies and flesh-flies in Calcutta Oriental
Insects 16(1), 119-128.
Fabricius, J.C. (1794) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 4.(Hafniae[= Copenhagen]).
Hanan, A.M.B. (2010) Prevalence of dipterous
flies with veterinary importance in selected sheep�s
farms and slaughter houses in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Egyptian
Academic Journal of Biological Sciences 3(2),
63-73.
Roy, P., and Dasgupta, B. (1977) Sarcophaga ruficornis Fabr. (Sarcophagidae: Diptera) as a parasite of the common Indian toad. Proceedings:Plant Sciences 86(3), 207-209.
Shazia, T.M., Suhail, A and Yousuf, M.J. (2006) Systematics and populations of sarcophagid flies in Faisalabad (Pakistan). International Journal of Agriculture & Biology 8(6), 809-911.
Sreevatsa, [no initial]., Malaviya, G.N.,
Husain, S., Giridhar, A., Bhat, H.R., and Girdhar,
B.K. (1990) Preliminary observations of myiasis in
leprosy patients. Leprosy Review 61(4),
375-378.