Sarcophaga (Poseidonimyia) simplex (Lopes)

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

Sarcophaga (Poseidonimyia) simplex (Lopes)

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Heteronychia simplex Lopes, 1967

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only black. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal and apical scutellar setae present. Proepisternum bare and median marginal setae present on the 3rd abdominal tergite. Body length 5–10 mm. (These characters are only valid for males, as females were not examined).

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

Biology. Sarcophaga simplex has been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

Taxonomy. This species belongs to the monotypic subgenus Poseidonimyia. DNA barcode sequences of S. simplex have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.