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Narrative
Muscid Flies (Family Muscidae) contain the common House Fly and the Little House Fly. Species in this family frequently carry diseases such as Typhoid Fever, Dysentery, and Cholera. Some better-known species are:
Fannia canicularis - Little House Fly
Musca domestica - House Fly
Musca autumnalis - Face Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans - Stable Fly
Common House Fly (Musca domestica) can transmit typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery, pinworm, hookworm, and some tapeworms. Ninety-eight percent of flies captured in houses belong to this species.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Diptera
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Flies
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Family
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Muscidae
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Flies - Muscid Flies
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SubFamily
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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