Muscinae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

of the family Muscidae. It includes two of the more familiar

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

within the Muscidae family; '' Musca'' and ''

Stomoxys ''Stomoxys'' is a genus of Fly, flies in the family (biology), family Muscidae. The genus is unusual among the Muscidae in that it includes species that are bloodsucking Parasitism, ectoparasites of mammals. The best-known species is ''stable fly ...

''. The bulk of the species are in the tribe

Muscini Muscini is a Tribe of flies from the family Muscidae. Genera *'' Archaeopolietes'' Pont & Carvalho, 1997 *'' Biopyrellia'' Townsend, 1932 *'' Dasyphora'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 *'' Eudasyphora'' Townsend, 1911 *'' Mesembrina'' Meigen, 1826 *'' ...

. From the 19th century, the term "Muscinae" is also an obsolete scientific name for the

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

es (modern

Bryophyta Bryophyta may refer to: * Mosses – Bryophyta in the strict sense; a specific group of leafy nonvascular plants, now regarded as Division Bryophyta * Bryophytes – Bryophyta in the broad sense; a group of plants regarded as a single division by ...

), once used in the taxonomy of

Ernst Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new sp ...

(circa 1899).

Identification

The tip of the scutellum is reddish, cell R5 is somewhat narrowed distally, and all coxae black.

References

Muscidae Diptera of Europe Diptera of North America {{Muscidae-stub