''Rafaelia'' is a genus of flesh flies (insects in the family

Sarcophagidae Sarcophagidae () are a family (biology), family of fly, flies commonly known as flesh flies. They differ from most flies in that they are Ovoviviparity, ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on c ...

). There are about nine described extant species in ''Rafaelia''.

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, 1967^{i c g} *'' R. texana'' ( Aldrich, 1916)^{c g} *'' R. vernilis'' (Reinhard, 1947)^{c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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