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Species Muscina pascuorum

Muscina pascuorum - male Muscina pascuorum - male House Fly - Muscina pascuorum fly - Muscina pascuorum - female Muscina? - Muscina pascuorum - male Fly - Muscina pascuorum - male Fly - Muscina pascuorum - male fly - Muscina pascuorum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae
Subfamily Azeliinae
Tribe Reinwardtiini
Genus Muscina
Species pascuorum (Muscina pascuorum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Muscina pascuorum (Meigen)
Numbers
One of seven species of Muscina in Nearctic.
Identification
Tibiae all black, third antennal segment partly reddish at base, lower calypter broad.
Range
Probably widespread in North America, an Old World species first seen in New England in 1922.
Internet References
Great series of photos by Tony Thomas at diptera.info.