Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) bifrons Walker

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 : 164

Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) bifrons Walker

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Sarcophaga bifrons Walker, 1853

Sarcophaga epsilon Johnston and Tiegs, 1922

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only yellow/white or with a mix of black and yellow/white. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae absent in females, and either absent or present in males. Proepisternum uniformly setulose, with setulae only yellow/white. Males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites in males with setulae either black or yellow/white, but females with setulae only yellow/white. Body length 10–15 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL.

Biology. Sarcophaga bifrons has been captured around decaying meat ( Johnston & Tiegs 1922). The label on pinned specimens in the ANIC reads: ‘bred crab’ ( Lopes 1954).

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