Housefly
Common Name: Housefly
Scientific Name: Musca domestica
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Other Taxonomy: Order: Diptera Section: Schizophora Family: Muscidae Genus: Musca
Specimen #:14
Circumstance: Observed in my room
Specimen Condition: Specimen was alive
Location: Alfred, NY. Bartlett Residence Hall
Typical Habitat: found all over the world
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: found all over the world
Relationship with humans: Seen as pests to humans, often killed with a flyswatter
Evolutionary Significance: Even though the order of flies (Diptera) is much older, true houseflies are believed to have evolved in the beginning of the Cenozoic era, some 65 million years ago. They are thought to have originated in the southern Palearctic region, particularly the Middle East. Because of their close, commensal relationship with humans, they probably owe their worldwide dispersal to co-migration with humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefly
https://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg237.html
Scientific Name: Musca domestica
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Other Taxonomy: Order: Diptera Section: Schizophora Family: Muscidae Genus: Musca
Specimen #:14
Circumstance: Observed in my room
Specimen Condition: Specimen was alive
Location: Alfred, NY. Bartlett Residence Hall
Typical Habitat: found all over the world
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: found all over the world
Relationship with humans: Seen as pests to humans, often killed with a flyswatter
Evolutionary Significance: Even though the order of flies (Diptera) is much older, true houseflies are believed to have evolved in the beginning of the Cenozoic era, some 65 million years ago. They are thought to have originated in the southern Palearctic region, particularly the Middle East. Because of their close, commensal relationship with humans, they probably owe their worldwide dispersal to co-migration with humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefly
https://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg237.html