Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) beta 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 : 163-164

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6156604
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scientific name	Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) beta Johnston and Tiegs
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Treatment

Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) beta Johnston and Tiegs View in CoL

(Figure 40a,b,c)

Sarcophaga beta Johnston and Tiegs, 1921 View in CoL Sarcophaga delta Johnston and Tiegs, 1921 View in CoL Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only or mostly yellow/white and occiput with setulae only yellow/ white. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. Apical scutellar setae present in males, but either absent or present in females. Proepisternum uniformly setulose, with setulae a mix of black and yellow/white. Males with long setulae on the hind tibia. In males, median patch of dense setae present at the base of the 4th abdominal sternite. Body length 10–15 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (Queensland)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.

Biology. Sarcophaga beta has been bred from rotten meat ( Johnston & Tiegs 1921).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Sarcophagidae
Genus	Sarcophaga