Studies on the calypterate muscoid flies in Philippines : 1. Report on species belonging to the genus Musca Linnaeus (Diptera, Muscidae)

Abstract

A survey on the muscoid fly fauna in Philippines was made based on the collections of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, B.P.Bishop Museum, Hawaii, and Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines. Among those identified were 15 species belonging to the Genus Musca, contributing new knowledge on the locality of the species in many islands of the Philippines. Musca cassara and Musca formosana are newly recorded from the country. A key to the recognized species and some notes on their bionomics are included.