Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) taenionota (Wiedemann)

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Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) taenionota (Wiedemann)

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Musca taenionota Wiedemann, 1819

Sarcophaga omega 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 and males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with short setulae in females. Body length 10–15 mm.

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

Biology. Sarcophaga taenionota is commonly found on, and known to breed in human and cow faeces, along with dead animals ( Ferrar 1979; Park 1977; Pérez-Moreno et al. 2006; Woolcock 1975). It has also been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

Taxonomy. The eggs and larval instars were described by Ferrar (1979; referred to as Parasarcophaga knabi ). DNA barcode sequences of S. taenionota have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.