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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Tribe: | Muscini |
| Genus: | Musca |
| Species: | M. vitripennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Musca vitripennis Meigen, 1826
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References edit
- ^ Skidmore, Peter (1985). The biology of the Muscidae of the world. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1358. Springer. ISBN 90-6193-139-8.