Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Diptera - (Family) Muscidae

Original position

Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Muscidae (Family) Latreille, 1802
Muscinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802

Subsequent entries

Musca arcuata Linnaeus, 1758
Musca bicincta Linnaeus, 1758
Musca chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Musca conopsoides Linnaeus, 1758
Musca diophthalma Linnaeus, 1758
Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Musca erratica Linnaeus, 1758
Musca fallax Linnaeus, 1758
Musca festiva Linnaeus, 1758
Musca florea Linnaeus, 1758
Musca gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758
Musca glaucia Linnaeus, 1758
Musca hottentotta Linnaeus, 1758
Musca hydroleon Linnaeus, 1758
Musca ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1758
Musca intricaria Linnaeus, 1758
Musca lappona Linnaeus, 1758
Musca maura Linnaeus, 1758
Musca microleon Linnaeus, 1758
Musca mutabilis Linnaeus, 1758
Musca mystacea Linnaeus, 1758
Musca noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758
Musca pantherina Linnaeus, 1758
Musca pendula Linnaeus, 1758
Musca plebeja Linnaeus, 1758
Musca sylvarum Linnaeus, 1758
Musca vermileo Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Muscinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802

Ref: D.J. Bickel, 1982: 595. [rough position] [indirect]

Alternative positions

Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 979.
Muscidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: Nom. Ins. Nearct., 1998: 1 Oct 2008.

Historical positions

Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 224. [rough position]
Muscidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: D.J. Bickel, 1982: 595. [rough position]
Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447. [rough position]
Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 359[539], 979.
Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 589.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[100s;2v]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[100s;2v]