DipteraDiptera Index Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Flies Index Anthrax (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria Balaana Beefly Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Miltinus stenogaster Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Odontomyia Index Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae Syrphids Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis) Therevidae

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.

Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Diptera
  • Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
  • Informal: Scizophora
  • Informal: Calyptratae
  • Superfamily: Oestroidea
  • Family: Sarcophagidae
  • Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
  • Genus: Sarcophaga
  • Subgenus: infrageneric Liosarcophaga
  • Species: Sarcophaga aurifrons

Source: Atlas of Living Australia


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Order: Diptera
  • Suborder: Brachycera
  • Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha
  • Zoosection: Schizophora
  • Zoosubsection: Calyptratae
  • Superfamily: Oestroidea
  • Family: Sarcophagidae
  • Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
  • Genus: Sarcophaga
  • Subgenus: Taylorimyia
  • Species: Sarcophaga aurifrons

Source: iNaturalistAU


Footnote & References

  1. Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) aurifrons Macquart, 1846, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Sarcophaga
  2. Grey-striped Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/129537-Sarcophaga-aurifrons
  3. Grey Flesh Fly – Sarcophaga aurifrons, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_muscoid/GreyFleshFly.htm
  4. Grey-striped Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/129537-Sarcophaga-aurifrons

DipteraDiptera Index Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Flies Index Anthrax (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria Balaana Beefly Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Miltinus stenogaster Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Odontomyia Index Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae Syrphids Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis) Therevidae

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