SARCOPHAGIDAE
(flesh flies)

Interactions where SARCOPHAGIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is parasitoid host of larva Brachymeria minuta a thick-legged chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Chalcididae Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a), Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chalcididae/Brachymeria minuta/Brachymeria minutaa thick-legged chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophagidaeflesh flieslarva larva is parasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 2 (a), 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Amobia signata
a flesh fly
Species 3 trophisms
Angiometopa falleni
a flesh fly
Species 2 trophisms
Blaesoxipha
a genus of flesh flies
Genus 1 trophisms
Brachicoma devia
a flesh fly
Species 6 trophisms
Macronychia
a genus of flesh flies
Genus 3 subtaxa 7 trophisms
Metopia
a genus of flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Miltogramma germari
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Miltogramma punctata
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Nyctia halterata
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Oebalia cylindrica
a flesh fly
Species 3 trophisms
Oebalia minuta
a flesh fly
Species 3 trophisms
Pterella grisea
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Ravinia pernix
a flesh fly
Species 5 trophisms
Sarcophaga
a genus of flesh flies
Genus 13 subtaxa 32 trophisms 3 references
Sarcophila latifrons
a flesh fly
Species 3 trophisms
Senotainia conica
a flesh fly
Species 2 trophisms
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pape, T., Dahlem, G., Mello Patiu, C.A. de & Giroux, M. The world of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) www.zmuc.dk/entoweb/sarcoweb/sarcweb/sarc_web.htm

Hosts

van Emden, F.I. 1950 Dipterous parasites of Coleoptera Ent. Mon. Mag. 88: 182-206.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 236 images of SARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)
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