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Typical Flesh Flies
Sarcophaginae
Sarcophaginae is a subfamily of flesh flies in the family Sarcophagidae. There are at least 60 genera and 250 described species in Sarcophaginae.
25 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Common Flesh Flies
genusSarcophaga

Raviniini
tribeRaviniini

Johnsoniini
tribeJohnsoniini

Tricharaea
genusTricharaea

Peckia
genusPeckia

Grasshopper Flesh Flies
genusBlaesoxipha

Boettcheria
genusBoettcheria

Microcerella
genusMicrocerella

Helicobia
genusHelicobia

Fletcherimyia
genusFletcherimyia

Lipoptilocnema
genusLipoptilocnema

Emblemasoma
genusEmblemasoma

Titanogrypa
genusTitanogrypa

Sarcofahrtiopsis
genusSarcofahrtiopsis

Spirobolomyia
genusSpirobolomyia

Argoravinia
genusArgoravinia

Austrophyto
genusAustrophyto

Tripanurga
genusTripanurga

Sarcodexia
genusSarcodexia
Sarothromyiops
genusSarothromyiops
Nephochaetopteryx
genusNephochaetopteryx
Protodexia
genusProtodexia
Pacatuba
genusPacatuba
Oxyvinia
genusOxyvinia

Cistudinomyia
genusCistudinomyia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Sarcophaginae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 358525.