New carrion-visiting flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from tropical dry forests of Colombia and their phylogenetic affinities

Many flesh flies of the subfamily Sarcophaginae are very competitive carrion visitors and breeders, several synanthropic species medical forensic importance. The knowledge these taxa is still limited, which more noticeable in sub-sampled ecosystems such as tropical dry forests Colombia. Four new species, Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) wajiira sp. nov., Lepidodexia deborarangoa Oxysarcodexia luriza nov. Udamopyga iku described from Colombian departments Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar La Guajira, all collected using Van Someren-Rydon traps baited separately with fermented fruit, decomposing fish human feces. B. (G.) probably synanthropic, while remaining three avoid habitats around built-up areas. A phylogenetic parsimony analysis based on 222 morphological characters across 121 recovers each nested within their respective genus. subgeneric affiliation L. large diverse genus (sensu lato) inconclusive, potential issues relying solely external for generic classifications highlighted. (Notochaeta) woodi (Lopes), Oxyvinia wicharti (Lopes) Sarcofahrtiopsis spinetta Mulieri & Dufek records COI sequence data provided U. (N.) O. wicharti.