Musca vitripennis

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 realm, the other being Musca osiris.[1] The two species are frequently confused with each other.

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

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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