Sarcophaga

Genus Sarcophaga View in CoL

Male with rows of frontal setae divergent anteriorly; postalar wall setulose; third costal sector of wing bare ventrally; male mid-femur usually without a ctenidium; male hind trochanter with a postero-medial pad of short setae proximally*; male hind tibia with apical postero-ventral seta well differentiated; male abdominal ST5 with a widely V-shaped cleft; cercal prong with a dorsal saddle-shaped excavation followed by a hump; cerci with a proximal tuft of long, black setae; margin of surstylus slightly folded or protruding outwards; seta of postgonite slightly shortened*; seta of postgonite situated distal to middle*; phallus with a distinct hinge between basi- and distiphallus; paraphalic dorsal wall with a shallow or deep desclerotized longitudinal strip; paraphallus with proximal expansions; paraphallus with a window*; distiphallus with a hinge between paraphallus and harpes; harpes elbowed in proximal part*; harpes with a desclerotized strip between proximal and distal parts*; distal part of harpes entirely or partially desclerotized; distal part of harpes bearing an apical process*; harpes protruding dorso-medially over base of lateral styli; acrophallus formed of the lateral styli and capitis; lateral styli tube-shaped and with an outlet; lateral styli proximally coiled or spiraling*; capitis elongated, recurved and denticulated; juxta dome-shaped, with juxtal lateral plates.