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Musca (fly)

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Musca (fly)
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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.

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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

Nematocera

Other Nematocera (crane flies, mosquitoes, etc.) Thumb

Brachycera

Tabanomorpha (horse flies, etc.) Thumb

Muscomorpha

Other Muscomorpha (robber flies, etc.) Thumb

Syrphoidea (hoverflies)

Schizophora

Acalyptratae (marsh flies, etc.)

Calyptratae

Hippoboscoidea (louse flies, bat flies, etc.)

Cladogram showing higher level classification[3][4][5] and position of Musca within the family Muscidae.[6]
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