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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).
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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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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.