Sarcophaga carnaria

Sarcophaga carnaria
Sarcophaga carnaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sarcophagidae
Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga
Subgenus: Sarcophaga
Species: S. carnaria
Binomial name
Sarcophaga carnaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Musca carnaria Linnaeus, 1758,
  • Sarcophaga schulzi Müller, 1922
  • Sarcophaga vulgaris Rohdendorf, 1937
  • Sarcophaga dolosa Lehrer, 1967[1]

Sarcophaga carnaria or the common flesh fly is a European species of flesh fly.[1]

Identification

Only males can be identified with certainty, and then only by examining genitalia.[1]

Biology

Larvae mostly feed on Earthworms. Adults are attracted to rotting meat and faeces.[1]

Distribution

European, from the U.K. and southern Europe, east to the Altai mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pape, Thomas (1987). The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Print). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 19. Leiden: E..J Brill. pp. 1–203. ISBN 90-04-08184-4.


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