Sarcofahrtiopsis Explained

Sarcofahrtiopsis is a genus of small flesh flies. Most are known from the Antilles and Central America. Many species feed on semiterrestrial crabs of the genus Cardisoma^[1] or are associated with bats.^[2]

Species

• S. baumhoveri Dodge, 1965^[3]
• S. capitata Curran, 1928
• S. carcini Pape & Mendez, 2002^[4]
• S. chiriqui Pape & Mendez, 2004^[1]
• S. cuneata (Townsend, 1935)
• S. kuna Pape & Mendez, 2004^[1]
• S. paterna Dodge, 1965^[3]
• S. piscosa Mendez, Mello-Patiu & Pape, 2008^[5]
• S. spathor Mello-Patiu & Pape, 2000^[6]
• S. thyropteronthos Pape, Pechmann & Vonhof, 2002^[7]

Notes and References

1. Pape . Thomas . Mendez . Julio . 2004 . Two new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Magnolia Press . Auckland, New Zealand . Zootaxa . 485 . 1–7 . 10.11646/zootaxa.485.1.1. 23 January 2015.
2. Da Silva Carvalho-Filho . Fernando . Cristina Esposito . Maria . De Azevedo Silva . Amanda . 2014 . A further new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) associated with faeces of the disk-winged bat Thyroptera Spix: Chiroptera) in Brazil and the redescription of the female terminalia of S. cuneata (Townsend) . Magnolia Press . Auckland, New Zealand . Zootaxa . 3889 . 1 . 118–126 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.1.7. 25544136 . 23 January 2015.
3. Dodge . Harold Rodney . 1965 . The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of the West Indies. II. Jamaica. . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . Entomological Society of America . 58 . 4. 497–517 . 10.1093/aesa/58.4.497.
4. Thomas . Pape . Mendez . Julio . 2002. A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Hall, 1933) from Panama (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) . Annales Zoologici . 52 . 339–342 .
5. Mendez . Julio . Mello-Patiu . C. A. . Pape . Thomas . 2008 . New flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from coastal mangroves of Panama with taxonomic notes and keys . Journal of Natural History . 42 . 3–4 . 249–257 . 0022-2933 . 22 January 2015 . 10.1080/00222930701850216. 86017342 .
6. de Mello-Patiu. C. A.. Pape, T. . Definitions of Dexosarcophaga Townsend 1917 and Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall 1933, including two new species and a redescription of Sarcofahrtiopsis cuneata (Townsend 1935) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).. Boletín de Entomología Venezolana. 2000. 15. 2. 181–194. 10 October 2012.
7. Thomas . Pape . Dechmann . Dina . Vonhof . Maarten J. . 2002 . A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) living in roosts of Spix's disk-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor Spix (Chiroptera) in Costa Rica . Journal of Natural History . 36 . 8. 991–998 . 10.1080/00222930110062291 . 85226696 .