Sarcophaga pumila Meigen, 1826
(a flesh fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSarcophaga pumila (a flesh fly)
GenusSarcophaga (a genus of flesh flies)
FamilySARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sarcophaga pumila (a flesh fly) :
1: Sarcophaga pumila (a flesh fly)
2 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, resting on wall
Image 1: Female - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsum - left latero-dorsal view focused on dorso-central bristles - magnifiedImage 4: Female - dorsum - left latero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - dorsum - right latero-dorsal view focused on dorso-central bristles - magnifiedImage 6: Female - dorsum - right latero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - face - anterior view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 9: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Female - scutellum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 14: Female - thorax and abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 15: Female - thorax and abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Wing - magnified

Sarcophaga pumila (a flesh fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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