Sarcophagidae

Peckia

Diagnosis:

Lower calypter with fringe of long hairs along outer margin; extending to - or almost to - posterior corner.
Median stylus reduced (except perhaps in Squamatodes).
Lateral styli filiform (or absent as in Squamatodes).
Phallus with juxta reduced or not developed.
Female abdominal tergite 6 divided into two lateral plates door-like closing the terminalia.

Subgenera:

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Last updated: 10 October 2005.
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