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House Flies and Allies
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House Flies and Allies

Muscidae

Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea.

Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species in over 100 genera.

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25 branches of this family, most-observed first

Muscinae

subfamilyMuscinae

Coenosiinae

subfamilyCoenosiinae

Phaoniinae

subfamilyPhaoniinae

Azeliinae

subfamilyAzeliinae

Mydaeinae

subfamilyMydaeinae

Atherigoninae

subfamilyAtherigoninae

Helinomydaea

genusHelinomydaea

Calliphoroides

genusCalliphoroides

Cyrtoneurininae

subfamilyCyrtoneurininae

Achanthipterinae

subfamilyAchanthipterinae

Xenotachina

genusXenotachina

Exsul

genusExsul

Idiohelina

genusIdiohelina

Syngamoptera

genusSyngamoptera

Rypellia

genusRypellia

Paralimnophora

genusParalimnophora

Eginia

genusEginia

Prohardyia

genusProhardyia

Fraserella

genusFraserella

Paracoenosia

genusParacoenosia

Millerina

genusMillerina

Lasiopelta

genusLasiopelta

Cordiluroides

genusCordiluroides

Agenamyia

genusAgenamyia

Pilispina

genusPilispina

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70144.