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Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) seniorwhitei

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: Sarcorohdendorfia Baranov 1938

Species: seniorwhitei Ho 1938

Distribution

AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia � Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), ORIENTAL, PALAEARTIC.

Biology

Sarcophaga seniorwhitei has been collected in mixed deciduous forests (B�nziger and Pape, 2004) and from mountain ranges in Korea (Park, 1977). This species has also been reared from fish, chicken and horse flesh under laboratory conditions (P�rez-Moreno et al., 2006).

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.


Ho, C. (1938) On some species of Sarcophaga from Java and its neighbouring islands. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 32, 115-127.

 

Park, S.-H. (1977) Studies on Flies in Korea II - Taxonomic Studies on Sarcophagid Flies (Diptera). The Bulletin of Tokyo Medical and Dental University 24, 249-284.

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.