Biology:Musca (fly)

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Short description: Genus of flies

Musca
Musca domestica housefly.jpg
Musca domestica (housefly)
Scientific classification e
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
  • Byomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Eumusca Townsend, 1911
  • Plaxemya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

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)


Phylogeny

Nematocera

Other Nematocera (crane flies, mosquitoes, etc.) Culex taeniorhynchus.jpg

Brachycera

Tabanomorpha (horse flies, etc.) Tabanus lineola female.jpg

Muscomorpha

Other Muscomorpha (robber flies, etc.) Promachus vertebratus 1908.jpg

Syrphoidea (hoverflies) Tubifera tenax f.jpg

Schizophora

Acalyptratae (marsh flies, etc.) Pipunculus fuscus.jpg

Calyptratae

Hippoboscoidea (louse flies, bat flies, etc.) Mastoptera guimaraesi.jpg

Oestroidea (blow flies, flesh flies, etc.) Gasterophilus intestinalis f.jpg

Muscoidea

FanniidaeScathophagidaeAnthomyiidae

Muscidae

Azeliinae and allies

Muscinae

Stomoxyini

Polietina

Morellia

Musca Musca domestica female.jpg

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

References

  1. Coquillett, D.W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera.". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (New York: The New York Entomological Society) 9: 134–146. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25002949. 
  2. Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. 2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88495#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 April 2020. 
  3. "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. April 2011. doi:10.1073/pnas.1012675108. PMID 21402926. Bibcode2011PNAS..108.5690W. 
  4. "Phylogeny of True Flies (Diptera): A 250 Million Year Old Success Story in Terrestrial Diversification". http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/research/flytree/flyphylogeny/. 
  5. "FLYTREE". Illinois Natural History Survey. http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/research/flytree/flyphylogeny/. 
  6. "Systematic relations among Philornis Meinert, Passeromyia Rodhain & Villeneuve and allied genera (Diptera, Muscidae)". Brazilian Journal of Biology 63 (2): 223–232. May 2003. doi:10.1590/S1519-69842003000200007. PMID 14509844. 

Wikidata ☰ Q145574 entry