Musca domestica

species of insect in the class "Muscidae", sort of fly
Taxon taxon Q166111
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Musca domestica

Summary

Musca domestica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,301 views/month, #808 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Musca domestica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Musca domestica is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Musca domestica is classified within Musca[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Musca domestica is Musca domestica[6].
  • Musca domestica's Commons category is recorded as Musca domestica[7].
  • Musca domestica's color is recorded as black[8].
  • Musca domestica's color is recorded as red[9].
  • Musca domestica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Musca domestica[10].
  • Musca domestica's Commons gallery is recorded as Musca domestica[11].
  • Musca domestica's eye color is recorded as red[12].
  • Musca domestica's eye color is recorded as dark red[13].
  • Musca domestica's eye color is recorded as garnet[14].
  • Musca domestica's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Musca domestica's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'house fly'}[17].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'huonekärpänen'}[18].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '家蝇'}[19].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mosca casera'}[20].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'husfluga'}[21].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'domača muha'}[22].
  • Musca domestica is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '집파리'}[23].
  • Musca domestica's different from is recorded as Tabanidae[24].
  • Musca domestica's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • Musca domestica's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758[26].
  • Musca domestica's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Musca_domestica[27].

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Classification

Musca domestica's scientific name is Musca domestica[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Musca[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'house fly'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'huonekärpänen'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '家蝇'}[19], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mosca casera'}[20], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'husfluga'}[21], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'domača muha'}[22].

Identifiers

Musca domestica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 120156[28]. Musca domestica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7370[29]. Musca domestica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46807345[30]. Musca domestica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1524843[31]. Musca domestica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 150251[32].

Why It Matters

Musca domestica ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,301 views/month, #808 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . comiccrossroads.fandom.com. comiccrossroads.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank species
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Eye color red, dark red, garnet
    Different from Tabanidae
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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