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2018 10 04 Common House Fly (Musca domestica), Trimingham (2)🪰

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SpeciesDipteraMuscidae
Arthropods

🪰Housefly

Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758

家蠅（學名：Musca domestica）是一種蒼蠅，是分布最廣的蠅，在人類居所佔了約90%，也是全世界分佈最廣的昆蟲之一。由於它們會傳播疾病，故被認為是害蟲。家蠅估計於6500萬年前新生代開始演化。

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Also called
Musca domestica, house fly
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Musca domestica yet.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderDiptera
  5. ›familyMuscidae
  6. ›genusMusca
  7. ›speciesMusca domestica
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderFlies · Diptera
  3. genusMusca
  4. subgenusMusca subgenus Musca
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderFlies · Diptera
  7. suborderBrachycera
  8. familyMuscidae
  9. genusMusca
  10. subgenusMusca subgenus Musca
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In other languages
huonekärpänen (fi), 집파리 (ko), husfluga (sv), 家蠅 (zh), Mucha domowa (pl), mosca doméstica (es) … and 25 more languages
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2018 10 04 Common House Fly (Musca domestica), Trimingham (2)2018 10 04 Common House Fly (Musca domestica), Trimingham (1)
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