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Muscidae
House Flies and Allies, House Flies, Stable Flies
Muscidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Muscoidea containing nearly 4,000 described species across over 100 genera. The family exhibits diverse feeding strategies: adults may be predatory, hematophagous, saprophagous, or feed on plant and animal exudates including sugar, sweat, tears, and blood. Larvae develop in varied habitats including decaying vegetation, soil, carrion, and freshwater. While some species are synanthropic and of medical importance, most species are not associated with human habitation.
Muscinae
Muscinae is a subfamily of muscid flies (Diptera: Muscidae) comprising approximately 10 genera and numerous species worldwide. The group includes well-known species such as the house fly (Musca domestica) and related genera including Pyrellia, Ophyra, and Orthellia. Members are characterized by specific morphological features of the adult and immature stages that distinguish them from the sister subfamily Stomoxyinae. The subfamily has significant sanitary and forensic importance due to the synanthropic habits of several species.
Neodexiopsis ovata
Neodexiopsis ovata is a species of muscid fly in the family Muscidae, subfamily Coenosiinae. The species was described by Stein in 1898. As a member of the Muscidae, it belongs to a family commonly known as house flies and their relatives, though specific ecological details for this particular species remain poorly documented in available sources.
Pachyceramyia robusta
Pachyceramyia robusta is a species of true fly in the family Muscidae, described by Johnson in 1917. It belongs to the subfamily Coenosiinae and tribe Limnophorini. Very little is documented about this species beyond its taxonomic placement.