Sarcophaga

Translingual

Etymology

• (genus): New Latin, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat, to devour”) +‎ Latin -a (“-er”, nominal suffix).
• (suborder): Neuter plural of Latin sarcophagus (“flesh-devouring, carnivorous”), from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ -φάγος (-phágos, “-eating”).

Proper noun

Sarcophaga f

Sarcophaga nodosa

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcophagidae – flesh flies.

Proper noun

Sarcophaga

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the superorder Marsupialia – carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.. [from 1839]

Hypernyms

• (genus in Sarcophagidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Oestroidea - superfamily; Sarcophagidae - family; Sarcophaginae - subfamily; Sarcophagini - tribe; Sarcophagina - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Sarcophagidae): about 138 subgenera
  • more than 700: Sarcophaga carnaria (flesh fly) - type species; Sarcophaga nodosa, Sarcophaga situliformis, Sarcophaga stygia - selected species

References

genus of flies

• Sarcophaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sarcophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sarcophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sarcophaga at the Catalogue of Life 

suborder of marsupials

• “Sarcophaga”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.