Sarcophaga Meigen, 1826
(a genus of flesh flies)

Interactions where Sarcophaga 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 endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Eucoila crassinerva a small parasitic wasp Hymenoptera: Figitidae Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae, Quinlan, J., 1978
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Figitidae/Eucoila crassinerva/Eucoila crassinervaa small parasitic wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophaga/Sarcophagaa genus of flesh flieslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
adult may be infected by Entomophthora bullata an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Entomophthora bullata/Entomophthora bullataan entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophaga/Sarcophagaa genus of flesh fliesadult infects adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Quinlan, J., 1978Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: EucoilidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1b, 58pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu latoBull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143.

Sarcophaga (a genus of flesh flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sarcophaga (a genus of 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
Sarcophaga albiceps
a flesh fly
Species 4 trophisms
Sarcophaga anaces
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Sarcophaga aratrix
a flesh fly
Species 2 trophisms
Sarcophaga argyrostoma
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Sarcophaga caerulescens
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Sarcophaga carnaria
a flesh fly
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Sarcophaga haemorrhoa
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Sarcophaga incisilobata
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Sarcophaga jacobsoni
a flesh fly
Species 5 trophisms
Sarcophaga melanura
a flesh fly
Species 4 trophisms
Sarcophaga nigriventris
a flesh fly
Species 5 trophisms
Sarcophaga sexpunctata
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Sarcophaga uliginosa
a flesh fly
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcophaga (a genus of flesh flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hackston, M. Key to the British species of Sarcophaga

Sarcophaga (a genus of flesh flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Whitmore, D., Pape, T. & Cerretti, P. 2013 Phylogeny of Heteronychia the largest lineage of Sarcophaga Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society vol 169 (3): 604-639.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sarcophaga (a genus of flesh flies):

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