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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Coquillett, D.W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9. New York: The New York Entomological Society: 134–146. JSTOR 25002949.
- ^ Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Wiegmann BM, Trautwein MD, Winkler IS, Barr NB, Kim JW, Lambkin C, et al. (April 2011). "Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (14): 5690–5695. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.5690W. doi:10.1073/pnas.1012675108. PMC 3078341. 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.
- ^ Couri MS, Carvalho CJ (May 2003). "Systematic relations among Philornis Meinert, Passeromyia Rodhain & Villeneuve and allied genera (Diptera, Muscidae)". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 63 (2): 223–232. doi:10.1590/S1519-69842003000200007. PMID 14509844.