Muscidae
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Muscidae are a family of flies that belong to a larger group called Muscoidea. While the provided information doesn't detail their specific characteristics or ecological importance, they represent one of the diverse groups of flies found around the world.
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Species
house-flies
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyMuscidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
蠅科，俗作螥蠅或狂蠅，别名螐蠅、青蝇，為雙翅目短角亞目昆蟲的總稱，全世界約有3000種；其幼虫称为蛆。 成蟲飛翔能力非常出色，可在空中固定盤旋，或在高速飛行中急劇轉換方向等，振翅以每秒鐘振動300次的頻率，飛行速度約每小時40公里。
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Research
5,434 papers- Non-biting Muscidae and control methods.Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) · 1994
- Review of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera: Muscidae) as a useful tool in forensic entomology.
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Identifying characteristics
- Biology
- Health and economic importance
- Evolution
- Genera
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- Further reading
- Links to Genera and species lists
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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.