Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) plinthopyga (Wiedemann, 1830)

Andrade-Herrera, Kepler Nils & Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaginae) attracted to carcasses in Piura, Peru, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-5 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.012
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7173701
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87E1-CB11-B910-EFCF-F8A5FAB1E632
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) plinthopyga (Wiedemann, 1830)
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Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) plinthopyga (Wiedemann, 1830) View in CoL *†

Material examined: PIURA – Piura, Castilla, Caserío Miraflores , 32 m (05°10′00.51″S, 80°36′51.27″W), 20.vi.2017, guinea pig carcass, 2 ♂ K. Andrade leg. GoogleMaps ; PIURA – Huancabamba, Quispampa bajo, 2,088 m (05°15′15.5″S, 79°27′02.6″W), 27.vii.2019, dog carcass, 1 ♂, K.Andrade & R. García leg. GoogleMaps

World distribution: American Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Galápagos Islands, Great Antilles, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaiian Island, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela ( Pape, 1996; Pape et al., 2004; Salazar-Ortega et al., 2012; Mello-Patiu, 2016).

Distribution in Peru: This is new record for Piura and Peru.

Remarks: Registered in pig carcasses ( Mello-Patiu et al., 2014a), rat ( Beuter et al., 2012), snake ( Andrade-Herrera et al., 2020) and human corpse ( Wells & Smith, 2013).