Common names are only rarely cited for Carnidae and seem to be more of an invention of the author than a commonly used name. The English term "filth flies", for example, was introduced by Sabrosky (1959) in the title of a paper about the genus Meoneura. Sabrosky probably used the general expression "filth fly" to describe the biology rather than intending the term to be a common name for the family Carnidae. The term "filth flies" is generally used for several different taxa associated with 'filth'.
Carnidae - Kadaverflugor (Swedish, Hedström 1994)
Genus Carnus - Bird flies (English) (Grimaldi 1997), sometimes used for Hippoboscidae
Carnus hemapterus - "Wingless" fly (English, Lloyd & Philip 1966)
Carnus hemapterus - Gefiederfliege (German)
Meoneura tritici (=M. obscurella) - Wheat mow fly (English) (Fitch 1856)