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I am not sure if this is genus Sarcophaga, please help me to be closer to identify this big fly.



Photo taken in Peru - Lima 2009.

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Very hard to say - it is certainly Sarcophagidae but there are many genera in the neotropics. Perhaps Thomas can help us? :)

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Thank you. I d ask Thomas, but I found more of them in the members list. Which Thomas do you mean? :)

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Mr Sarcophagidae: Thomas Pape.

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Thanks! I ll try to contact him :)

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As has already been mentioned, the Neotropics are extremely diverse with regard to the sarcophagine flesh flies, but perhaps surprisingly, there are very few species of the genus Sarcophaga (even in the wide sense that I prefer). In general, I would need to see the male terminalia to feel on safe ground, but if I have to give my most educated guess here I would say Oxysarcodexia sp. This is a very species-rich genus in the Neotropics, and I think I can just see the row of frontal bristles being rather straight, while most other genera have this row curving outwards at the level of the lunule. Ravinia would be another good candidate, but the golden colour of gena would then point to Oxysarcodexia again. Other genera with several and common species are Peckia (but almost always with much more hairy hind tibiae) and Helicobia (but generally smaller, more slender and never with golden gena). So, I feel reasonably comfortable with Oxysarcodexia sp.

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Thank you very much! Here I have another photo if it d help.. but thats all I have unfortunately. Anyway.. I appreciate your time, thank you a lot! :)