Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) kohla 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 : 161

Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) kohla Johnston and Tiegs

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Sarcophaga kohla Johnston and Tiegs, 1921

Morphological characters. Gena with setulae a mix of black and yellow/white. Occiput with at least one row of black setulae behind the ocular setae, with setulae only yellow/white ventrally. Prescutellar acrostichal setae present in females, but either absent or present in males. Proepisternum bare and males with long setulae on the hind tibia. 1st and 2nd abdominal sternites with short setulae in females. Body length 10–15 mm in length.

Geographical distribution. Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, ORIENTAL.

Biology. Sarcophaga kohla has been reared from decaying molluscs by Hardy (1927) and collected at decayed-carrion baits by KAM.

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