Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
(House-fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMusca domestica (House-fly)
GenusMusca (house-flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Musca domestica (House-fly) :
1: Musca domestica (House-fly)
12 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, indoors, in evening
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - diffuse lighting - magnifiedImage 2: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - direct lighting - magnifiedImage 3: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - forelegs - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - head - antero-lateral view - magnifiedImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 14: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 15: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 16: Wing (left) - dorsal view - magnified

Musca domestica (House-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Musca domestica (House-fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Musca domestica (House-fly)
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