Musca domestica Linnaeus

O. H. Swezey, 1946, SOME MISCELLANEOUS DIPTERA OF GUAM, Insects of Guam-II, Hawaii, Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 195-200 : 197

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123246
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scientific name	Musca domestica Linnaeus
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Treatment

9. Musca domestica Linnaeus ,

Syst. Nat. 10th ed., 596, 1758.

This cosmopolitan fly was extremely abundant everywhere in Guam. The maggots fed abundantly in cow dung and carabao dung, the latter of which was plentiful for the purpose. Many specimens were collected. Five specimens in Bishop Museum, Fullaway .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Anthomyiidae
Genus	Musca

Specimens

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