Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen
1826
Subgenus: Sarcorohdendorfia
Baranov 1938
Species: alpha Johnston & Tiegs 1922
Distribution
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia � Queensland).
Biology
Sarcophaga
alpha has been caught around bad meat
(Johnston and Tiegs, 1921) and at decayed carrion-baits by
KAM.
Taxonomy
DNA barcode sequences of S. alpha have been
deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.
References
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.
Johnston, T.H., and Tiegs, O.W. (1922) New and known
Australian sarcophagid flies. Proceedings of the Royal
Society of Queensland 34, 181-190.