Genus Boettcheria

Sarcophagid 01 - Boettcheria bisetosa - male

Boettcheria cimbicis from Alberta - Boettcheria cimbicis - male

Boettcheria cimbicis from Edmonton Alberta - Boettcheria cimbicis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)

Subfamily Sarcophaginae

Genus Boettcheria

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Boettcheria Parker, 1914

Numbers

Seven species in our area. (1)

Identification

"This genus may be separated from other Nearctic sarcophagid genera by a combination of the following features: postalar wall bare; costa with an irregular ventral row of setae extending from base to, or just past, R1; long set of setae oflower calyptral fringe extending to posterolateral corner."(1)

Life Cycle

Species in this genus have been reared from Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera. (1)

Remarks

"The genus Boettcheria contains some of the most commonly collected sarcophagids in North America." (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Boettcheria in America north of Mexico (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Dahlem, G.A. and W.L. Downes Jr.,. 1996. Insecta Mundi, 10: 77-103.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 3 June, 2012 - 2:33am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 12 July, 2014 - 2:05pm

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