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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Sarcophaginae » Sarcophaga

Genus Sarcophaga

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Flesh Fly? - Sarcophaga Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga Fly - Sarcophaga fly 2 - Sarcophaga - female Flesh fly - Sarcophaga Sarcophaga sinuata - female Fly - Sarcophaga johnsoni Wasp Nest Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Subfamily Sarcophaginae
Genus Sarcophaga
Other Common Names
Common Flesh Flies
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
"we should anticipate rather drastic changes in [the current] classification" (1)
Explanation of Names
Greek sarx (σαρξ) 'flesh' + phagein (φαγειν) 'to eat' = 'flesh eater' (the larvae feed on carrion/rotting meat)
Numbers
~80 spp. in our area(2), 800 valid species arranged in about 150 subgenera worldwide(1)
Identification
Identification of many species within this genus requires dissection of male genitalia.
Range
worldwide
Life Cycle
Puparium
Remarks
Despite numerous claims to the contrary, S. carnaria doesn't occur anywhere in the Americas.
Internet References
Fact sheets: S. crassipalpis • S. haemorrhoidalis
Works Cited
1.Pape T., Dahlem G., de Mello Patiu C.A., Giroux M. (2012) The world of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 29 June, 2005 - 7:28am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, PaleoJon, zdanko
Last updated 25 May, 2022 - 8:08am

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