Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) alpha Johnston and Tiegs

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Sarcophaga alpha Johnston and Tiegs, 1922

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only or mostly yellow/white and occiput with setulae only yellow/ white. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. Apical scutellar setae either absent or present in females. Proepisternum uniformly setulose with setulae only black, and males with long setulae on the hind tibia. In males, median patch of dense setae present at the base of the 4th abdominal sternite. Body length 10–15 mm.

Geographical distribution. Australia (Queensland)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.

Biology. Sarcophaga alpha has been caught around rotten meat (Johnston & Tiegs 1921), and at decayedcarrion baits by KAM.

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