Musca domestica
species of insect in the class "Muscidae", sort of fly
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Summary
Musca domestica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,909 views/month, #808 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Musca[4]
- Taxon name: Musca domestica[5]
- Commons category: Musca domestica[6]
- Color: black[7], red[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Musca domestica[9]
- Commons gallery: Musca domestica[10]
- Eye color: red[11], garnet[12]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14]
- Taxon common name: house fly[15], huonekärpänen[16], 家蝇[17], mosca casera[18], husfluga[19], domača muha[20], 집파리[21]
- Different from: Tabanidae[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- Taxon author citation: Linnaeus, 1758[24]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Musca_domestica[25]
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Identifiers
Musca domestica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 120156[26]. Musca domestica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7370[27]. Musca domestica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46807345[28]. Musca domestica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1524843[29]. Musca domestica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 150251[30].
Why It Matters
Musca domestica has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]