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Muscidae - subfamilies (in development)

Authors: Even Dankowicz

Last updated: Aug 2018

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Muscidae

  • Muscinae
  • Azeliinae
  • Cyrtoneurininae
  • Phaoniinae
  • Mydaeinae
  • Coenosiinae

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Atherigoninae is included within Phaoniinae, following BugGuide. Many Muscid subfamilies are probably not monophyletic and will need to eventually be revised.

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Muscinae

  • Only group of Muscidae with members for which the M1+2 vein is sharply elbowed as below.
  • Unclearly defined with respect to Azeliinae

Stomoxys calcitrans, IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

Musca domestica, NY, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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Azeliinae

  • Unclearly defined with respect to other subfamilies

Muscina sp., SE, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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Cyrtoneurininae

In North America, only found in the Southwestern US and Mexico

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See image here

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Phaoniinae

  • Unclearly defined with respect to Mydaeinae

Atherigona reversura, DC, © Katja Schultz, iNaturalist / CC BY

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Mydaeinae

  • Unclearly defined with respect to Phaeoniinae

Graphomyia sp., IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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Coenosiinae

  • Well-defined subfamily
  • Generally predatory
  • Unique body shape - streamlined, somewhat cylindrical

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Coenosia sp., CA, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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References

Sources for this entire project include:

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References

Other sources consulted for this specific document include:

  • Carvalho, Couri, Pont, Pamplona, Lopes, 2005. A catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical region. Zootaxa. 860: 1-282.
  • Kutty, Pape, Pont, Wiegmann, Meier, 2008. The Muscoidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) are paraphyletic: Evidence from four mitochondrial and four nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49: 639-652.

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