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Common Flesh Flies
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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).

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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

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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.