Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Stable Fly, Biting Housefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly)
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 Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly) :
1: Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly)
18 Jun 2012 OSGR: TG02 52° 50’ N, 1° 0’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Antennae - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - face - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 10: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 11: Female - thorax - lateral view showing subscutellum - magnified - pale backgroundImage 12: Female - thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly)
7 Aug 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
resting on wall of farm-house
Image 1: Abdomen - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Abdomen - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (2)Image 3: Adult - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Head and proboscis - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Head and proboscis - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (2)Image 6: Head and proboscis - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (3)Image 7: Head and proboscis - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (4)Image 8: Head and proboscis - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (5)Image 9: Head - dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 10: Head - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 11: Head - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (2)Image 12: Head - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (3)Image 13: In situ - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 14: In situ - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Proboscis - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 16: Thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 17: Thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (2)Image 18: Thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale background (3)Image 19: Thorax - latero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - pale background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Austen, E.E. 1906 Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)

Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly, Biting Housefly)
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