Species Information - Tricharaea (Sarcophagula) occidua (Fabricius, 1794)

Musca occidua Fabricius, 1794
Tachina pusilla [Junior secondary homonym of Musca pusilla Macquart] Wiedemann, 1830
Sarcophaga sugens Wiedemann, 1830
Sarcophaga parvula Wiedemann, 1830
Sarcophaga parva Walker, 1853
Sarcophaga despecta Thomson, 1869
Sarcophagula imbecilla Wulp, 1896

Life cycle: sarcosaprophagous

Forensic indicator

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WIEDEMANN, C.R.W. 1830. Aussereuropäische zweiflugelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Schulz, Hamm, 684 pp.
WALKER, F. 1853. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., & c. Volume I, Diptera [part 4], 253-414. London
THOMSON, C. G. 1869. Species nova descripsit. Pp. 443-614 in: Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin, åren 1851-1853. Vol. 2 (Zoologi), [section] 1, (Insecta). Stockholm.
WULP, F. M. V. D. 1896. Fam. Muscidae [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Class Insecta. Diptera. Vol. 2, 281–288, 289–304.
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