phil withers wrote:
The problem with this genus seems to be that it relies on large carcasses (donkeys, horses, camels) which we just don't leave about like we used to. Thyreophora anthropophaga (related) was so common around human cadavers in the Paris medical school that Robineau-Desvoidy described it without keeping any specimens...none are known to exist now. And Tony is right...it is a stunning fly.