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Nice thread. Impressive to see how succesfull you where in extracting genitalia your first time.

According to Lehrer (Sarcophaginae and Paramacronychiinae du Proche Orient, 2006) Sarcophaga (B.) africa is the only species of (sub)genus Bercaea in Israel. Lehrer lives in Israel, so I expect him to know the fauna quiet well.

Other Bercaea species are from Africa. Of these species, only genitalia of S. (B.) burungae look a bit similar to your picture. According to Lehrer (Sarcophaginae de l'Afrique, 2003) "tergite genital est brun rougatre" but yours is "brun noiratre" (compare your image with arrow 2) as it is in S. (B.) africa.


Liekele