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.

Musca
Musca domestica (housefly)
Scientific classification Edit 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

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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.)  

Cladogram showing higher level classification[3][4][5] and position of Musca within the family Muscidae.[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. JSTOR 25002949.
  2. ^ Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  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. PMC 3078341. PMID 21402926.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "FLYTREE". Illinois Natural History Survey. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. ^ 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.