Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) omikron 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 : 167

Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) omikron Johnston and Tiegs

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Sarcophaga omikron Johnston and Tiegs, 1921 Sarcophaga stellata Salem, 1946

Morphological characters. Gena and occiput with setulae only yellow/white. Presutural acrostichal present in males but absent in females. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. Proepisternum uniformly setulose, with setulae only yellow/white. Males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with setulae only yellow/white. Body length 10–15 mm.

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

Biology. Sarcophaga omikron has been bred from wool and rotten potatoes ( Johnston & Tiegs 1921), and also collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

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