Sarcophaga variegata (Scopoli, 1763)
(a flesh fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSarcophaga variegata (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 variegata (a flesh fly) :
1: Sarcophaga variegata (a flesh fly)
19 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on dry cow dung
Image 1: Male abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male abdomen tip - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - lit from all round - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - dorsal view - lit from all round - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - lit from head and tail - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - dorsal view - lit from head and tail - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Male - dorsal view - lit from head and tail - enlarged - white background (2)Image 10: Male - dorsal view - lit from sides - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 11: Male - dorsal view - lit from sides - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Male - dorso-lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Male - dorsum - dorso-lateral view - magnifiedImage 14: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 15: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 16: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 17: Male - head, dorsum and scutellum - rear three-quarter view - highly enlargedImage 18: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 19: Male - head - ventral view - magnifiedImage 20: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Male - latero-dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 22: Male terminalia - half-opened - lateral view - magnifiedImage 23: Male terminalia - opened - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 24: Male terminalia - opened - lateral view - magnifiedImage 25: Male terminalia - opened - ventral view - magnifiedImage 26: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 27: Male - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 28: Terminalia - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 29: Wing (left) dorsal view - highly enlarged

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

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