Helicophagella
Guides
Sarcophaga melanura
flesh fly
Sarcophaga melanura is a species of flesh fly in the family Sarcophagidae, described by Meigen in 1826. The species belongs to the subgenus Helicophagella within the genus Sarcophaga. Like other members of Sarcophagidae, it exhibits the family's characteristic gray thorax with three longitudinal black stripes and checkered abdominal patterning. Species-level identification in this genus requires examination of male genitalia due to the group's uniform external morphology.