MUSCOIDEA
(dung and house flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ANTHOMYIIDAE
anthomyiid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 38 subtaxa 482 images 31 ident. refs
FANNIIDAE
lesser house flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 16 images 4 ident. refs
MUSCIDAE
muscid flies: house fly, green bottles
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 29 subtaxa 635 images 7 ident. refs
SCATHOPHAGIDAE
dung flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 17 subtaxa 232 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

MUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 237 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
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