Sub-Order Cyclorrhapha: Family MUSCIDAE Flashcards

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Sub-Order Cyclorrhapha:
Family MUSCIDAE
Genus ________

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Genus Musca

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Genus Musca and related genera of veterinary importance

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Musca - housefly
Fannia - little housefly, muscina, morella “sweat fly”
Stormoxys - stablefly
Haematobia - hornfly, buffalo fly (Synonyms: Lyperosia, Siphoina)

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Horn fly scientific name

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H. irritans

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Buffalo fly scientific name

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H. exigua

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Sub-Order Cyclorrhapha
Family MUSCIDAE

Genus Musca Species:

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Musca domestica
M. autumnalis
M. sorbens
M. conducens

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Also known as “common housefly”

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Musca domestica

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abounds in human and animal houses and buildings

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Musca domestica / “common housefly”

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Also known as “face fly”

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Musca autumnalis

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Commonly found around nostrils and eyes of cattle and horses especially during summer when humidity is low and environmental temperature is high.

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Musca autumnalis / “face fly”

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Found in markets and houses.

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Musca sorbens

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Found in animal houses

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Musca conducens

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• 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

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Musca spp.

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not blood suckers

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Musca spp.

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Morphology of Musca spp.

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• 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

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