Sarcophaga Bullata - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

Classification of the species has also proved difficult, as it has for much of the Sarcophagidae family. C.H. Murran, for instance, included Sarcophagidae in a larger family, Metopidae, that added some Muscidae and some Tachinidae. Most, however, consider S. bullata to be a member of the Sarcophaginae subfamily within Sarcophagidae. Beyond that, the family can be split into tribes before defining genus. S. bullata is widely accepted to be a member of the Sarcophaga genus, but it is also included by some into a subgenus, Neobellieria.