Rafaelia

Rafaelia is a genus of flesh flies (insects in the family Sarcophagidae). There are about nine described extant species in Rafaelia.[1][2][3][4]

Rafaelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sarcophagidae
Tribe:	Johnsoniini
Genus:	Rafaelia Townsend, 1917

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Rafaelia:

• R. acanthoptera (Wulp, 1895) ^{c g}
• R. ampulla (Aldrich, 1916) ^{c g}
• R. aurigena (Lopes, 1969) ^{c g}
• R. natiuscula (Lopes, 1941) ^{c g}
• R. pelenguensis Lopes, 1988 ^{c g}
• R. rufiventris Townsend, 1917 ^{i c g b}
• R. sissyra Dodge, 1967span style="color:gray"> ^{i c g}
• R. texana (Aldrich, 1916) ^{c g}
• R. vernilis (Reinhard, 1947) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Rafaelia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. "Browse Rafaelia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Rafaelia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Rafaelia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.