Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis Fabricus
| Main Authors: | Dowton, Mark, Pape, Thomas |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6156580 |
Daftar Isi:
- Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis (Fabricus) (Figure 30 a,b,c) Musca ruficornis Fabricus, 1794 Morphological characters. Ground colour of male and female terminalia bright red or orange, with the 2 nd and 3 rd antennomeres at least partly yellow. Gena and occiput with setulae only yellow/white. Prescutellar acrostichal setae absent. Proepisternum bare. 1 st and 2 nd abdominal sternites with setulae only black in males but with setulae only yellow/white in females. Body length 10–15 mm. Geographical distribution. Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)—AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN, AFROTROPICAL, NEARCTIC, NEOTROPICAL, ORIENTAL, PALAEARCTIC. Biology. Sarcophaga ruficornis breeds in both faeces and carrion, and has been caught at baits of decayed carrion, rabbit, fish, liver and chicken (Amoudi et al. 1994; Bänziger & Pape 2004; Das & Dasgupta 1982; Hanan 2010; Shazia et al. 2006). It has been reported to cause myiasis in dogs, horses, mules and leprosy patients (Amoudi et al. 1994; Sreevatsa et al. 1990). It is also a documented parasite of the toad Bufo melanostictus (Roy & Dasgupta 1977). Taxonomy. DNA barcode sequences of S. ruficornis have been deposited in both GenBank and BOLD.
- Published as part of Dowton, Mark & Pape, Thomas, 2013, A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato), pp. 148-189 in Zootaxa 3680 (1) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/222104