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Diptera Classification
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Muscidae
Nomenclature
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Unranked: SchizophoraUnranked: Calyptratae
Family:
Muscidae
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
SUMMARY
Slender to robust, usually strongly setulose flies, usually dull in color, black, gray, or yellowish, sometimes bright metallic blue or green, rarely with brightly colored hairs and resembling bumble bees; wings usually unmarked, sometimes with crossveins clouded, rarly with more extensive markings. Lenght 2-14 mm. (Huckett & Vockeroth 1987)
