Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) sigma 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 : 161

Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) sigma Johnston and Tiegs

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Sarcophaga sigma Johnston and Tiegs, 1921

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 setae either absent or present in both sexes. Apical scutellar setae absent in females, but either absent or present in males. Proepisternum bare. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with short setulae in females. Body length 5–10 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL.

Biology. Johnston & Tiegs (1921) bred Sarcophaga sigma from rotten meat in Brisbane and KAM caught it at decayed-carrion baits.

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