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Some Sarcophagidae (Diptera) from Afghanistan By Y. G. VERVES (Received April 15, 1980) Abstract: Locality data of nine sarcophagid species are given from Afghanistan; five species are new to the fauna of Afghanistan. Sicteen species of Sarcophagidae were recorded from Afghanistan in our previous paper (ROHDENDORF and VERVES, 1979). In the present list nine species of Sarcophagidae are recorded including five which are new for the Afghan fauna. Thus, a total of 21 species of Sarcophagidae are known for Afghanistan now. In enumerating the label data, I omit the name of the collector and the year of collecting, since all but one specimens were collected by Dr. L. PAPP (Budapest) in 1974 (see PAPP, 1975). Helicophagiella melanura (Meigen, 1826) - Prov. Nangarhar: Jalalabad, 560 m, park, 17.IV. (No. 36): 1 9; Prov. Logar: Moghulkhel, about 2000 m, 14.V. (No. 99): 3 9; Prov. Kabul: Kabul, Aliabad, 9-11.IV. (No. 16): 1 o; Band-e Qargha, 2000-2100 m, 12.IV. (No. 29): 1 ç; Bini Hesar lake, 1780 m, 17.V. (No. 106): 1 o; ibid., l.VI. (No. 142): 1 o. Holarctic synanthropic species, with larvae living in faeces. Helicophagella maculata (Meigen, 1838) - Prov. Kabul: Tshemtala, 10 km NW from Kabul, 1900 m, 30.V. (No. 139): 1 9. Mediterranean Region and Central Asia. A synanthropic species, larvae develop In faeces and cause facultative cutaneous myiasis in terrestrial Gastropoda. Bercaea haemorrhoidalls (Fallén, 1817) - Prov. Herat: 6 km SW from city centre, 980 m, 20.V. (No. 112): 1 {. A cosmopolitan synanthropic species. Larvae cause facultative myiasis in men and animals. Ravinia striata (Fabricius, 1894) - Prov. Herat: Herat, park, 1000 m, 21.V. (No. 121): 1 9; Prov. Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif, park, 470 m, 24. IV. (No. 51): 1 8; Prov. Parwan: Estalef, 1950 m, 15.IV. (No. 30): 1 <5; Prov. Paktya: 22 km SE from Gardez, 2450-25oo m, 14.V. (No.

93): 1 o", 5 0; Kotal Tera, 2800 m, 14.V. (No. 97): 3 d; Prov. Logar: Moghulkhel, about 2000 m, 14.V. (No.

99): 1 0.; Prov. Nangarhar: Jalalabad, park, 560 m, 8.V. (No. 83): 11 ó\ 16 9; ibid., 17.IV. (No.

36): 4 d", 10 9; Prov. Kabul: Bini Hesar lake, 1780 m, 17.V. (No. 106): 2 0", 1 9; ibid, l.VI. (No. 142): 4 o", 7 ç; ibid., 13.VI. (No. 153): 1 d; Kabul, Darulaman, 1820 m, 18.VI. (No. 159): 2 o; Paghman, 2500 m, 5.V. (No. 76): 1 d; Tsheheltan, 17 km WSW from Kabul, 1950-2000 m, 19.IV. (No. 44): 1 o\ Pul-e Charkhi, 22 km ENE from Kabul, 1780 m, 2.V. (No. 70): 1 0; ibid., 2.VI. (No. 144): 3 3, 2 0; ibid., 19.VI. (No. 163): 3 d", 1 9; Kabul, Aliabad, 1850-1950 m, 3.IV. (No. 9): 1 9; ibid. (No. 10): 1 8; ibid., 1780 m, 30.IV. (No. 60): 1 5; ibid., University park, 1800 m, 4.V. (No. 75): 1 d; ibid., 1-2.VI. (No. 143): 9 o*, 1 9; ibid., 13.VI. (No. 148): 5 8, 4 9. A common Palaearctic synanthropic species. Larvae develop in faeces, occasionally can live in dead ani-