Sarcophaga (Sarcosolomonia) crinita Parker

Dowton, Mark & Pape, Thomas, 2013, A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato), Zootaxa 3680 (1), pp. 148-189 : 170

Sarcophaga (Sarcosolomonia) crinita Parker

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Sarcophaga crinita Parker, 1919

Sarcophaga synia Johnston and Tiegs, 1923

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae mostly yellow/white in males, but only black in females. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. Apical scutellar setae present in males, but either absent or present in females. Proepisternum bare. Body length 5–10 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)— AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL.

Biology. Sarcophaga crinita has been caught at rabbit and chicken baits in Pakistan ( Shazia et al. 2006) and bred from “pieces of beef” in Sulawesi ( Blackith 1990).