Musca vitripennis

Musca vitripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Musca
Species: M. vitripennis
Binomial name
Musca vitripennis
Meigen, 1826

Musca vitripennis is a species of fly in the genus Musca. According to Willi Hennig, M. vitripennis is one of only two species of Musca native to the Palearctic, the other being Musca osiris.[1] The two species are frequently confused with each other.

References

  1. Skidmore, Peter (1985). The biology of the Muscidae of the world. Lecture notes in mathematics 1358. Springer. ISBN 90-6193-139-8.


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