Muscais agenusofflies.It includesMusca domestica(the housefly), as well asMusca autumnalis(the face fly or autumn housefly). It is part of thefamilyMuscidae.

Musca
Musca domestica(housefly)
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Tribe: Muscini
Genus: Musca
Linnaeus,1758
Type species
M. domestica
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Selected species

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Phylogeny

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Nematocera

Other Nematocera (crane flies, mosquitoes, etc.)

Brachycera

Tabanomorpha(horse flies, etc.)

Muscomorpha

Other Muscomorpha (robber flies, etc.)

Syrphoidea(hoverflies)

Schizophora

Acalyptratae(marsh flies, etc.)

Calyptratae

Hippoboscoidea(louse flies, bat flies, etc.)

Cladogramshowing higher level classification[3][4][5]and position ofMuscawithin the familyMuscidae.[6]

References

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  1. ^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.JSTOR25002949.
  2. ^Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830).Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten.Vol. 2.Retrieved21 April2020.
  3. ^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.PMC3078341.PMID21402926.
  4. ^Yeates DK, Meier R, Wiegmann B."Phylogeny of True Flies (Diptera): A 250 Million Year Old Success Story in Terrestrial Diversification".Flytree.Retrieved24 May2016.
  5. ^"FLYTREE".Illinois Natural History Survey.Retrieved22 July2016.
  6. ^Couri MS, Carvalho CJ (May 2003)."Systematic relations amongPhilornisMeinert,PasseromyiaRodhain & Villeneuve and allied genera (Diptera, Muscidae) ".Brazilian Journal of Biology.63(2): 223–232.doi:10.1590/S1519-69842003000200007.PMID14509844.