Musca osiris Wiedemann, 1830
(a house-fly)

Interactions where Musca osiris is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva inhabits dung of dung Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Musca osiris/Musca osirisa house-flylarva Animal / dung / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattledung
larva larva inhabits dung of dung Sus ’domestic’ Pig Artiodactyla: Suidae Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Musca osiris/Musca osirisa house-flylarva Animal / dung / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Suidae/Sus 'domestic'/Sus 'domestic'pigdung
larva larva inhabits dung of dung Equus asinus Donkey Perissodactyla: Equidae Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community, Skidmore, P., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Musca osiris/Musca osirisa house-flylarva Animal / dung / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus asinus/Equus asinusdonkeydung

Author & YearTitleSource
Skidmore, P., 1991Insects of the British Cow-Dung CommunityAIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council

Musca osiris (a house-fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Musca osiris (a house-fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMusca osiris (a house-fly)
GenusMusca (house-flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Musca osiris (a house-fly)

Musca osiris (a house-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Musca osiris (a house-fly):

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