Muscidae

Translingual

Etymology

Musca +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Muscidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the flies.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Muscoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Atherigoninae, Azeliinae, Coenosiinae, Cyrtoneurininae, Muscinae, Mydaeinae, Phaoniinae - subfamilies

References

Muscidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Muscidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Muscidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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