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Common Flesh Flies
Sarcophaga
Sarcophaga is a genus of true flies and the type genus of the flesh-fly family (Sarcophagidae). The members of this cosmopolitan genus are frequently known as common flesh flies. There are more than 1000 species in Sarcophaga.
This genus occurs essentially worldwide. These flies are generally well-sized and of a greyish color; like many of their relatives, the typical patterns are lengthwise darker stripes on the thorax and dark and light square dots on the abdomen. Many have conspicuous red compound eyes. These are set further apart in females than in males; the females are also larger on average. As typical for this family, it is almost impossible to tell the species apart from their outward appearance, and many can only be reliably identified by microscopic examination of the males' genitalia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cryptic carnaria-group Flesh Flies
subgenusSarcophaga
Liopygia
subgenusLiopygia
Heteronychia
subgenusHeteronychia
Bercaea
subgenusBercaea
Liosarcophaga
subgenusLiosarcophaga
Parasarcophaga
subgenusParasarcophaga
Myorhina
subgenusMyorhina
Helicophagella
subgenusHelicophagella
Thyrsocnema
subgenusThyrsocnema
Boettcherisca
subgenusBoettcherisca
Sarcorohdendorfia
subgenusSarcorohdendorfia
Bellieriomima
subgenusBellieriomima
Arachnidomyia
subgenusArachnidomyia
Taylorimyia
subgenusTaylorimyia
Leucomyia
subgenusLeucomyia
Rosellea
subgenusRosellea
Robineauella
subgenusRobineauella
Bercaeopsis
subgenusBercaeopsis
Sarcophaga similis
speciesSarcophaga similis
Notoecus
subgenusNotoecus
Phallosphaera
subgenusPhallosphaera
Discachaeta
subgenusDiscachaeta
Neobellieria
subgenusNeobellieria
Sarcophaga libera
speciesSarcophaga libera
Sarcophaga pingi
speciesSarcophaga pingi
Sarcophaga belgiana
speciesSarcophaga belgiana
Sinonipponia
subgenusSinonipponia
Sarcotachinella
subgenusSarcotachinella
Baranovisca
subgenusBaranovisca
Australopierretia
subgenusAustralopierretia
Seniorwhitea
subgenusSeniorwhitea
Sarcophaga flexuosa
speciesSarcophaga flexuosa
Sarcophaga ugamskii
speciesSarcophaga ugamskii
Fergusonimyia
subgenusFergusonimyia
Horiisca
subgenusHoriisca
Sarcophaga bulgarica
speciesSarcophaga bulgarica
Sarcophaga pulla
speciesSarcophaga pulla
Sabakia
subgenusSabakia
Brasia
subgenusBrasia
Drakensbergiana
subgenusDrakensbergiana
Hochiella
subgenusHochiella
Pterolobomyia
subgenusPterolobomyia
Lioproctia
subgenusLioproctia
Curranea
subgenusCurranea
Chaetophalla
subgenusChaetophalla
Rohdendorfisca
subgenusRohdendorfisca
Nesbittia
subgenusNesbittia
Neosarcophaga
subgenusNeosarcophaga
Hyperacanthisca
subgenusHyperacanthisca
Prionophalla
subgenusPrionophalla
Afrothyrsocnema
subgenusAfrothyrsocnema
Xanthopterisca
subgenusXanthopterisca
Stygiophalla
subgenusStygiophalla
Aethiopisca
subgenusAethiopisca
Mufindia
subgenusMufindia
Anthostilophalla
subgenusAnthostilophalla
Durbanella
subgenusDurbanella
Nuzzaciella
subgenusNuzzaciella
Sabiella
subgenusSabiella
Transvaalomyia
subgenusTransvaalomyia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120489.