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https://bugguide.net/node/view/1017007 - Sarcophaga sinuata - male
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https://bugguide.net/node/view/1017007 - Sarcophaga sinuata - Male
Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
August 2, 2014
Collected with pitfall and carrion traps at a restored prairie. This is a common species in my samples. MND states this is a Palaeartic species that has established itself here.

Some important features for the identification are the post-alar wall with hairs, frontal bristles divergent anteriorly, genal hairs in single row, costal spine, black terminalia, and bare R1.

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Contributed by Joe R. on 5 November, 2014 - 7:22pm
Last updated 18 March, 2021 - 6:01am

Moved
Moved from Sarcophaga melanura.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 18 March, 2021 - 6:01am

Moved
Moved from Sarcophaginae.
… Joe R., 6 November, 2014 - 7:00pm

Page made
I made a page for Sarcophaga melanura.(1) If you're confident in ID move the photos there.
… John F. Carr, 5 November, 2014 - 8:57pm

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