MUSCIDAE
(muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 52 images
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 29 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 40 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 31 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 54 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 43 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 5 subtaxa 117 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 36 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 21 images
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Species 15 images
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Species 32 images 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 24 images
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Unidentified 91 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Gregor, F., Rozkosny, R., Barták, & Vanhara, J. 2002 The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brun., Bio!., 107: 1-280.

Muscini/Genera

Nihei, S.S. & de Carvalho, C.J.B. 2009 The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses Zootaxa Vol 1976: 1-24.

MUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 76 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)

Many species breed in dung or carrion. In these cases the females can be found on the substrate, while males wait hopefully on nearby vegetation.

Due to the unsavoury habits of the flies, collecting tubes should be washed in disinfectant after use.

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