SARCOPHAGIDAE
(flesh flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Nyctia halterata
a flesh fly
(Click to open)
 		Species 6 images
Ravinia pernix
a flesh fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Sarcophaga
a genus of flesh flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 8 subtaxa 210 images 2 ident. refs
Sarcophagidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Flesh Flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Falk, S.J. Test key to British Sarcophagidae
Pape, T. 1987 The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol 19, 203pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
van Emden, F.I., 1954 *** Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
von Rohdendorf, B. 1993 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 331 64h. Sarcophaginae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region - Flies of the Palaearctic (Lindner, E. ed), 331, 64pp, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
von Rohdendorf, B. 1985 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 330 64h. Sarcophaginae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region - Flies of the Palaearctic (Lindner, E. ed), 330, 144pp, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
von Rohdendorf, B. 1982 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 327 64h. Sarcophaginae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region - Flies of the Palaearctic (Lindner, E. ed), 327, 63pp, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
von Rohdendorf, B. 1975 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 311 64h. Sarcophaginae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, Vol 311, 56pp, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
von Rohdendorf, B. 1971 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 285 64h. Sarcophaginae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region - Flies of the Palaearctic (Lindner, E. ed), 285, 49pp, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
von Rohdendorf, B. 1930 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 39 64h. Sarcophaginae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region - Flies of the Palaearctic (Lindner, E. ed), 39, 132pp, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
Whitmore, D., Dupont, S. & Falk, S. 2020 Key to adult flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of the British Isles .
Whitmore, D. 2017 Key to adults of British Sarcophagidae

SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 78 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)
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