Musca osiris

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Musca osiris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Musca
Species:
M. osiris
Binomial name
Musca osiris
Weidemann, 1830
Synonyms

Musca fulvithoraxauthors

Musca osiris is a species of fly in the genus Musca . It and Musca vitripennis are the only two species of Musca native to the Palearctic realm, according to Willi Hennig. [1]

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References

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