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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Holometabola > Diptera > Muscidae > Houseflies

Preferred term

Houseflies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • domesticas, Musca
  • Musca domestica
  • Musca domesticas

Note

  • /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111; note entry term MUSCA DOMESTICA but other Musca species and genera of family Muscidae go under MUSCIDAE

Scope note

  • Flies of the species Musca domestica (family MUSCIDAE), which infest human habitations throughout the world and often act as carriers of pathogenic organisms.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006793

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