Sarcophaga (Johnstonimyia) kappa 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 : 158

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2B8B0701-9452-4278-A029-F527F760F6A8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6156562

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386C724-E261-FFBF-228F-C553FAC1A042

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Plazi

scientific name

Sarcophaga (Johnstonimyia) kappa Johnston and Tiegs
status

 

Sarcophaga (Johnstonimyia) kappa Johnston and Tiegs View in CoL

(Figure 22a,b,c)

Sarcophaga kappa Johnston and Tiegs, 1921 View in CoL Sarcophaga illingworthi Parker, 1922 View in CoL

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae only or mostly yellow/white. Generally, the occiput has setulae only yellow/white. However, some specimens have at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present in males, but either absent or present in females. Proepisternum bare and 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 (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN.

Biology. Sarcophaga kappa has been recorded breeding in rotten meat and carrion ( Johnston & Tiegs 1921; Xue et al. 2011) and was collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sarcophagidae

Genus

Sarcophaga

Loc

Sarcophaga (Johnstonimyia) kappa Johnston and Tiegs

Dowton, Mark & Pape, Thomas 2013
2013
Loc

Sarcophaga illingworthi

Parker 1922
1922
Loc

Sarcophaga kappa

Johnston and Tiegs 1921
1921
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