Family Muscidae
(face flies, horn flies, house flies, muscid flies, stable flies, and tsetse flies)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Diptera (true flies)
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  Suborder Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, muscoid flies, and short-horned flies)
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  Infraorder Muscomorpha
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  Family Muscidae (face flies, horn flies, house flies, muscid flies, stable flies, and tsetse flies)
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  Subfamily Coenosiinae
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  Tribe Coenosiini
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  Genus Bithoracochaeta
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  Genus Caricea
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  Genus Coenosia
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  Genus Limnospila
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  Genus Macrorchis
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  Genus Neodexiopsis
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  Genus Pachyceramyia
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  Genus Pentacricia
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  Genus Pseudocoenosia
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  Genus Schoenomyza
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  Tribe Limnophorini
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  Genus Limnophora
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  Genus Lispe
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  Genus Lispoides
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  Genus Spilogona
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  Genus Tetramerinx
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  Subfamily Cyrtoneurininae
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  Genus Neomuscina
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  Genus Philornis
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  Genus Polietina
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  Subfamily Glossinidae
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  Genus Glossina
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  Subfamily Muscinae
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  Tribe Azeliini
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  Genus Azelia
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  Genus Drymeia
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  Genus Hydrotaea
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  Genus Potamia
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  Genus Thricops
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  Tribe Muscini
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  Genus Eudasyphora
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  Genus Mesembrina
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  Genus Morellia
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  Genus Musca
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  Genus Neomyia
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  Genus Polietes
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  Genus Pyrellia
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  Tribe Reinwardtiini
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  Genus Muscina
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  Genus Synthesiomyia
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  Tribe Stomoxyini
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  Genus Haematobia
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  Genus Haematobosca
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  Genus Stomoxys
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  Subfamily Mydaeinae
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  Genus Graphomya
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  Genus Hebecnema
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  Genus Mydaea
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  Genus Myospila
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  Genus Opsolasia
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  Subfamily Phaoniinae
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  Tribe Atherigonini
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  Genus Atherigona
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  Tribe Phaoniini
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  Genus Brontaea
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  Genus Helina
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  Genus Lophosceles
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  Genus Phaonia
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  Genus Plexiopsis