Sarcophaga (Lioproctia) spinifera Hardy

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Sarcophaga spinifera Hardy, 1932

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae a mix of black and yellow/white in males, but with setulae only black in females. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/ white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal and apical scutellar setae present. Proepisternum bare and the hind tibia with long setulae in both sexes. Body length 5–10 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.

Biology. Sarcophaga spinifera has been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

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