Catalogue of type specimens of Sarcophaga Meigen deposited in Shanghai Entomological Museum (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

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Authors: Chao Wang, Thomas Pape, Zhu WeiBing, Li Dai, Liu Qiyong, Dong Zhang
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Abstract

A catalogue of the type specimens for nominal species-group taxa currently assigned to Sarcophaga Meigen deposited in the Shanghai Entomological Museum is presented. Type material of 22 out of 24 nominal species of Sarcophaga stated in the original paper to have type specimens deposited in the Shanghai Entomological Museum was recovered and examined, and these are documented with photographs for the first time. Two non-type specimens of S. tsushimae Senior-White, 1924 are shown to have been incorrectly labelled as paratypes but are included for completeness. No type material was recovered for the nominal species Sarcophaga ( Beziella ) shenzhenensis (Fan, 2002) and Sarcophaga ( Beziella ) pudongensis (Fan, Chen & Lu, 2003). A syntype of Sarcophaga parva Quo, 1952 is shown to have been incorrectly labelled as holotype.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Paleopathology and ancient diseases

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Publication date
9 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint