House Fly (species: Musca domestica) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Musca domestica
House Fly


©Muhammad Mahdi Karim: House Fly (Musca domestica)

©Phuong Tran: House Fly (Musca domestica)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Family Muscidae
Genus Musca
Species Musca domestica
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Distinguishing features

The female is usually larger than the male. Female eyes are also relatively well separated, male eyes almost touch.

The thorax has four narrow black stripes, wings with sharp upward bend in the fourth longitudinal wing vein. The abdomen is gray or yellowish with dark midline and irregular dark markings on the sides. The underside of the male is yellowish. (PADIL)

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 91% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects, found all over the world. (Wikipedia)

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