Sarcophaga (Johnstonimyia) kappa Johnston and Tiegs

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 : 158

Sarcophaga (Johnstonimyia) kappa Johnston and Tiegs

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Sarcophaga kappa Johnston and Tiegs, 1921 Sarcophaga illingworthi Parker, 1922

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only or mostly yellow/white. Generally, the occiput has setulae only yellow/white. However, some specimens have at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present in males, but either absent or present in females. Proepisternum bare and males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with setulae only yellow/white. Body length 10–15 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.

Biology. Sarcophaga kappa has been recorded breeding in rotten meat and carrion ( Johnston & Tiegs 1921; Xue et al. 2011) and was collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

Taxonomy. DNA barcode sequences of S. kappa have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.