DipteraDiptera Index Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Fly (Anthrax) Ligyra Australiphthiria Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphids
The Sarcophaga aurifrons, commonly known as the Grey Flesh Fly or the Grey-striped Fly, is a large fly that is grey in colour and has three grey longitudinal stripes on the thorax. They have a relatively small head with red eyes.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Division zoology: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Scizophora
- Informal: Calyptratae
- Superfamily: Oestroidea
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
- Genus: Sarcophaga
- Subgenus: infrageneric Taylorimyia
- Species: Sarcophaga aurifrons
Footnote & References
- Sarcophaga (Taylorimyia) aurifrons, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:723b146d-2fad-4afd-9a81-ea39a3c6cef7#overview
- Grey Flesh Fly – Sarcophaga aurifrons, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_muscoid/GreyFleshFly.htm
DipteraDiptera Index Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Fly (Anthrax) Ligyra Australiphthiria Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphids
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