Oxysarcodexia bakeri (Aldrich, 1916)

Andrade-Herrera, Kepler Nils & Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaginae) attracted to carcasses in Piura, Peru, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-5 : 2-3

Oxysarcodexia bakeri (Aldrich, 1916) *

Material examined: PIURA – Piura, Castilla, Caserío Miraflores, 32 m (05°10′00.51″S, 80°36′51.27″W), 20.vi.2017, guinea pig carcass, 3 ♂, K. Andrade leg.

World distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadalupe, Haiti,

Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos Islands, USA ( Lopes & Tibana, 1987; Flores & Dale, 1995; Pape, 1996; Salazar-Ortega et al., 2012; Mello-Patiu, 2016).

Distribution in Peru: Lima ( Flores & Dale, 1995).This is a new record for Piura.

Remarks: Not registered previously in mammal carcasses, but on fish and liver baits ( Flores & Dale, 1995), chicken viscera and fish ( Yepes-Gaurisas et al., 2013) and decomposing fish ( Valverde-Castro et al., 2017).