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Cryptic carnaria-group Flesh Flies
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Cryptic carnaria-group 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.

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18 branches of this group, most-observed first

Sarcophaga carnaria

speciesSarcophaga carnaria

Sarcophaga lehmanni

speciesSarcophaga lehmanni

Variegated Flesh Fly

speciesSarcophaga variegata

Sarcophaga subvicina

speciesSarcophaga subvicina

Sarcophaga jeanleclercqi

speciesSarcophaga jeanleclercqi

Sarcophaga ukrainica

speciesSarcophaga ukrainica

Sarcophaga moldavica

speciesSarcophaga moldavica

Sarcophaga mouchajosefi

speciesSarcophaga mouchajosefi

Sarcophaga serbica

speciesSarcophaga serbica

Sarcophaga hennigi

speciesSarcophaga hennigi

Sarcophaga bachmayeri

speciesSarcophaga bachmayeri

Sarcophaga croatica

speciesSarcophaga croatica

Sarcophaga jupalnica

speciesSarcophaga jupalnica

Sarcophaga bergi

speciesSarcophaga bergi

Sarcophaga disputata

speciesSarcophaga disputata

Sarcophaga schusteri

speciesSarcophaga schusteri

Sarcophaga pyrenaica

speciesSarcophaga pyrenaica

Sarcophaga zumptiana

speciesSarcophaga zumptiana

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