Sarcophaga (Taylorimyia) aurifrons Macquart

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 : 171

Sarcophaga (Taylorimyia) aurifrons Macquart

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Sarcophaga aurifrons Macquart, 1846

Sarcophaga iota Johnston and Tiegs, 1921

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only or mostly yellow/white and occiput with setulae only yellow/white. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. Proepisternum bare. 1st to 4th abdominal sternites and ventral sides of corresponding tergites with very long setulae in males, but females with short setulae. 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.

Biology. Sarcophaga aurifrons has been bred from rotten meat in Brisbane ( Johnston & Tiegs 1921). This species has also been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

Taxonomy. This species belongs to the monotypic subgenus Taylorimyia . The larval instars were described by Cantrell (1981; referred to as Taylorimyia iota ). DNA barcode sequences of S. aurifrons have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.