plinthopyga (Wiedemann)

Sarcophaga plinthopyga Wiedemann, 1830: 360 . Curran 1934: 169 [record]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 172 [checklist].

Hystricocnema plinthopyga: Lopes 1969: 45 [catalogue]; Lopes 1978: 610 [remarks]; Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction].

Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) plinthopyga: Pape 1994: 66 [catalogue]; Pape 1996: 201 [catalogue].

Blaesoxipha plinthopyga: Peck et al. 1998: 229 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 134 [introduced species].

Sarcophaga quadriforceps Curran, 1932: 363 . Curran 1934: 169 [as syn. of S. plinthopyga].

Distribution. Introduced. Australasian/ Oceanian, Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Floreana, Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

Remarks. This is a synanthropic species breeding in a variety of decaying materials (Pape 1994). Reared from cadaver of Geospiza fortis and Microlophus albemarlensis (Lehnen et al. unpubl.)