Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen
1826
Subgenus: Liosarcophaga
Enderlein 1928
Species: dux Thomson 1869
Distribution
AFROTROPICAL,
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia � Australian Capital
Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, South
Australia, Western Australia), PALAEARTIC, ORIENTAL.
Biology
In Thailand, Sarcophaga
dux is synanthropic and breeds in both faeces and
carrion. This species is regarded as forensically
important in Japan and Thailand
(Sukontason et al. 2003). The species has been
observed to readily enter human dwellings and larviposit
on carrion and garbage (Sukontason et al. 2003;
P�rez-Moreno et
al., 2006; Hanan, 2010).
Taxonomy
DNA barcode
sequences of S. dux have been deposited
in both GenBank and BOLD.
References
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.
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.
P�rez-Moreno, S., Marcos-Garc�a, M.A.,
and Rojo, S. (2006) Comparative morphology of
early stages of two Mediterranean Sarcophaga
Meigen, 1826 (Diptera; Sarcophagidae) and a
review of the feeding habits of Palaearctic
species. Micron 37(2),
169-179.
Sukontason, K., Sukontason, K.L.,
Piangjai, S., Chaiwong, T., Boonchu, H., and
Vogtsberger, R.C. (2003) Larval ultrastructure
of Parasarcophaga dux (Thomson)
(Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Micron 34,
359-364.
Thomson, C.G. (1869) Diptera. Species
nova descriptsit. In
'Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa
omkrin jorden under befall af C.A. Vigin, �ren
1851-1853. Vol. 2.' pp. 443-614: Stockholm)
.