Sarcophaga (Lioproctia) alcicornis Hardy

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 : 158

Sarcophaga (Lioproctia) alcicornis Hardy

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Sarcophaga alcicornis Hardy, 1932

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only yellow/white. Generally, the occiput has setulae only yellow/ white. However, some females have at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present. Proepisternum uniformly setulose with setulae only black. Males with long setulae on the hind tibia. Body length 10–15 mm.

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

Biology. Labels from pinned specimens (from the ANIC) include: ‘ex dead grubs’, ‘ex corn’ and ‘ex scrub’ ( Lopes, 1954). Sarcophaga alcicornis has also been collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

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