Sub-Order Cyclorrhapha: Family MUSCIDAE Flashcards
Sub-Order Cyclorrhapha:
Family MUSCIDAE
Genus ________
Genus Musca
Genus Musca and related genera of veterinary importance
Musca - housefly
Fannia - little housefly, muscina, morella “sweat fly”
Stormoxys - stablefly
Haematobia - hornfly, buffalo fly (Synonyms: Lyperosia, Siphoina)
Horn fly scientific name
H. irritans
Buffalo fly scientific name
H. exigua
Sub-Order Cyclorrhapha
Family MUSCIDAE
Genus Musca Species:
Musca domestica
M. autumnalis
M. sorbens
M. conducens
Also known as “common housefly”
Musca domestica
abounds in human and animal houses and buildings
Musca domestica / “common housefly”
Also known as “face fly”
Musca autumnalis
Commonly found around nostrils and eyes of cattle and horses especially during summer when humidity is low and environmental temperature is high.
Musca autumnalis / “face fly”
Found in markets and houses.
Musca sorbens
Found in animal houses
Musca conducens
• not blood suckers
• they are non biters
• indoor flies
• 5-3 mm long
• Mouthparts, are lapping type
• tabella fleshy expanded
• covered by seirdotrachede adapted for imbibing liquid food.
• Arista is bilaterally plumose up to the tip.
• Thorax and indomen have stripes on the dorsum
Musca spp.
not blood suckers
Musca spp.
Morphology of Musca spp.
• not blood suckers
• they are non biters
• indoor flies
• 6-7 mm long
• Mouthparts, are lapping type
• tabella fleshy expanded
• covered by seirdotrachede adapted for imbibing liquid food.
• Arista is bilaterally plumose up to the tip.
• Thorax and indomen have stripes on the dorsum