During a forensic entomological study conducted at an oil palm plantation in Tanjung
Sepat, Kuala Langat, Selangor, a Bengalia emarginata Malloch, 1927 (Diptera: Calliphoridae:
Calliphorinae: Bengalini) was collected for the first time. Two adults were collected nearby the
pig carcass by the first author and identified by the second. Prior to this finding, nine species of
Bengalia were recorded from peninsular Malaysia or Borneo. Male of B. emarginata are different
from Bengalia varicolor Fabricious by the following characters: Sternite 5 projection rounded
with small identation and mid tibia double-fringed in ventral surface.