Species Amobia pelopei (Rondani, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphixapata pelopei Rondani, C. 1859. Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. III. Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum in genera characteribus definita, ordinatim collectae, methodo analitica distinctae, et novis vel minus cognitis descriptis. Pars secunda. Muscidae Siphoninae et (partim) Tachininae. Parmae [= Parma] : A. Stocchi 243 + [1] pp.
• Senotainiella decolor Zumpt, F. 1952. Remarks on the classification of the Ethiopian Sarcophaginae (Diptera) with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 21: 1-18.

Generic Combinations

• Amobia pelopei (Rondani, 1859). —
  Pape, T. 1996. Catalogue of the Sarcophagidae of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Memoirs on Entomology, International 8: 1-558 [72]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also widespread in the Palaearctic Region, and in the Afrotropics

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite on wasp nests

General References

Meiklejohn, K.A., Dowton, M & Wallman, J. 2012. Notes on the distribution of 31 species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in Australia, including new records in Australia for eight species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 136(1): 56-64 [57] (new records)

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