Musca (fly)
| Musca | |
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| Musca domestica (housefly) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Tribe: | Muscini |
| Genus: | Musca Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| M. domestica | |
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Musca is a genus of flies. It includes Musca domestica (the housefly), as well as Musca autumnalis (the face fly or autumn housefly). It is part of the family Muscidae.
Selected species
- M. aethiops Stein, 1913, Tanzania
- M. afra Paterson, 1956, Tanzania
- M. albina Wiedemann, 1830[2]
- M. alpesa Walker, 1849
- M. amita Hennig, 1964
- M. asiatica Shinonaga & Kano, 1977
- M. autumnalis De Geer, 1776
- M. bakeri Patton, 1923
- M. bezzii Patton & Cragg, 1913
- M. biseta Hough, 1898
- M. capensis Zielke, 1971
- M. cassara Pont, 1973
- M conducens Walker, 1859
- M. confiscata Speiser, 1924
- M convexifrons Thomson, 1869
- M. craggi Patton, 1922
- M. crassirostris Stein, 1903
- M. curviforceps Saccà & Rivosechi, 1956
- M. dasyops Stein, 1913
- M. domestica Linnaeus, 1758
- M. elatior Villeneuve, 1937
- M. emdeni Nandi & Sinha, 2004
- M. ethiopica Zielke, 1973
- M. fergusoni Johnston & Bancroft, 1920
- M. fletcheri Patton & Senior-White, 1924
- M. formosana Malloch, 1925
- M. freedmani Paterson, 1957
- M. gabonensis Macquart, 1855
- M. heidiae Zielke, 1974
- M. hervei Villeneuve, 1922
- M. hugonis Pont, 1980
- M. illingworthi Patton, 1923
- M. inferior Stein, 1909
- M. larvipara Porchinskiy, 1910
- M. lasiopa Villeneuve, 1936
- M. lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869
- M. liberia Snyder, 1951
- M. lindneri Paterson, 1956
- M. lothari Zielke, 1974
- M. lucidula (Loew, 1856)
- M. lusoria Wiedemann, 1824
- M. malaisei Emden, 1965
- M. mallochi Thompson & Pont, 1994
- M. meruensis Zielke, 1973
- M. munroi Patton, 1936
- M. nevilli Kleynhans, 1987
- M. osiris Wiedemann, 1830
- M. patersoni Zielke, 1971
- M. pattoni Austen, 1910
- M. pilifacies Emden, 1965
- M. planiceps Wiedemann, 1824
- M. pseudocorvina Emden, 1939
- M. santoshi Joseph & Parui, 1972
- M. seniorwhitei Patton, 1922
- M. setulosa Zielke, 1971
- M. sorbens Wiedemann, 1830
- M. spangleri Zielke, 1971
- M. splendens Pont, 1980
- M. striatacta Awati, 1916
- M. tempestatum (Bezzi, 1908)
- M. tempestiva Fallén, 1817
- M. terraereginae Johnston & Bancroft, 1920
- M. tibetana Fan, 1978
- M. transvaalensis Zielke, 1971
- M. ugandae Emden, 1939
- M. ventrosa Wiedemann, 1830
- M. vetustissima Walker, 1849
- M villeneuvii Patton, 1922
- M. vitripennis Meigen, 1826
- M. wittweri Zielke, 1974
- M. xanthomelas (Wiedemann, 1824)
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Phylogeny
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| Cladogram showing higher level classification[3][4][5] and position of Musca within the family Muscidae.[6] |
References
- JSTOR 25002949.
- ^ Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- PMID 21402926.
- ^ Yeates DK, Meier R, Wiegmann B. "Phylogeny of True Flies (Diptera): A 250 Million Year Old Success Story in Terrestrial Diversification". Flytree. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "FLYTREE". Illinois Natural History Survey. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- PMID 14509844.