Subfamily:
Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga
Meigen 1826
Subgenus: Sarcorohdendorfia
Baranov 1938
Species: impatiens Walker 1849
Distribution
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia � Australian
Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory,
Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western
Australia).
Biology
Sarcophaga impatiens has been bred from bad meat and sheep's liver
(Johnston and Tiegs, 1921) and collected at
decayed-carrion baits by KAM. It is a common carrion
breeder, however is rarely involved in animal or human
myiasis. Larval development of S. impatiens was
investigated by Roberts (1976). This species has also featured in forensic
cases in Australia (JFW pers. comm.).
Taxonomy
All larval
instars were described by Cantrell (1981; referred to as
Tricholioproctia impatiens). DNA
barcode sequences of S. impatiens have been
deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.
References
Cantrell, B.K. (1981) The immature stages
of some Australian Sarcophaginae (Diptera:
Sarcophagidae). Journal of the Australian
Entomological Society 20, 237-248.
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.
Roberts,
B. (1976) Larval development in the Australian flesh
fly Tricholioproctia impatiens. Annals of
the Entomological Society of America 69(2),
158-164.
Walker,
F. (1849) 'List of the specimens of dipterous insects
in the collection of the British Museum.' (British
Museum: London) Part IV. pp. 689-1172.