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Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (House-fly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Musca domestica? Female imago 5 May 2007 Oxon England 3 8

Suggested Literature

Musca domestica may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CALYPTRATA
(calypterate flies)
MUSCIDAE
(muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Musca domestica is associated with:

Photos larva Mammalia - mammals larva inhabits dung of d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 [esp. in refuse dumps]
Photos larva Magnoliopsida - flowering plants larva feeds on decaying debris d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 [esp. in refuse dumps]

There may be more taxa associated with Musca domestica listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Musca domestica:

Musca domestica may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
MUSCIDAE
(muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)

References

d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae

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