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Sarcophaga (Sarcosolomonia) papuensis

Lateral view

Australian distribution

Male genitalia (phallus), lateral view

Male genitalia (entire), lateral view

Subfamily: Sarcophaginae

Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen 1826

Subgenus: Sarcosolomonia Baranov 1938

Species: papuensis Shinonaga & Kurahashi 1969

Distribution

AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN � (Australia � Queensland).

Biology

Sarcophaga papuensis was documented emerging from the common swamp pitcher-plant, Nepenthes mirabilis (Yeates et al., 1989; ANIC collection).

References

Shinonaga, S., and Kurahashi, H. (1969) New species of Sarcosolomonia Baranov from New Guinea and the Solomons (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Pacific Insects 11, 215-217.

 

Yeates, D.K., Lopes, H., and Monteith, G.B. (1989) A commensal sarcophagid (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Nepenthes mirabilis (Nepenthaceae) pitchers in north Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 16, 33-39.