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Muscides (house fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Muscides

Taxonomy
Muscides was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Musca.

It was corrected as Muscidae by Carpenter (1992) and Wiegmann et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Diptera by Latreille (1802); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Calyptratae by Wiegmann et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Muscides Latreille p. 453
1992Muscidae Carpenter
2011Muscidae Wiegmann et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
familyMuscides
familyMuscides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Muscides Latreille 1802 [house fly]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available