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Descriptor English: Muscidae
Descriptor Spanish: Muscidae
Descriptor Muscidae
Scope note: Familia del orden DÍPTEROS con más de 700 especies. Importantes especies que pueden ser vectores mecánicos de enfermedades entre las que se incluyen la Musca domesticus (MOSCAS DOMÉSTICAS), Musca autumnalis (mosca de la cara), Stomoxys calcitrans (mosca de los establos), Haematobia irritans (mosca de los cuernos) y Fannia spp.
Descriptor Portuguese: Muscidae
Descriptor French: Muscidae
Entry term(s): Face Flies
Face Fly
Fannia
Fannias
Flies, Face
Flies, Horn
Flies, Stable
Fly, Face
Fly, Horn
Fly, Stable
Haematobia irritan
Haematobia irritans
Horn Flies
Horn Fly
Musca autumnali
Musca autumnalis
Stable Flies
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitran
Stomoxys calcitrans
autumnali, Musca
calcitran, Stomoxys
irritan, Haematobia
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.642
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009117
Scope note: A family of the order DIPTERA with over 700 species. Important species that may be mechanical vectors of disease include Musca domesticus (HOUSEFLIES), Musca autumnalis (face fly), Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly), Haematobia irritans (horn fly) and Fannia spp.
Annotation: do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111; note MUSCA DOMESTICA see HOUSEFLIES
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Diptera (1966-1987)
Houseflies (1966-1987)
Public MeSH Note: 88
History Note: 88
DeCS ID: 22948
Unique ID: D009117
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/05/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Muscidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0014229
Scope note A family of the order DIPTERA with over 700 species. Important species that may be mechanical vectors of disease include Musca domesticus (HOUSEFLIES), Musca autumnalis (face fly), Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly), Haematobia irritans (horn fly) and Fannia spp.
Preferred term Muscidae
Stable Fly - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0014230
Preferred term Stable Fly
Entry term(s) Flies, Stable
Fly, Stable
Stable Flies
Stomoxys calcitran
Stomoxys calcitrans
calcitran, Stomoxys
Horn Fly - Narrower
Concept UI M0014228
Preferred term Horn Fly
Entry term(s) Flies, Horn
Fly, Horn
Haematobia irritan
Haematobia irritans
Horn Flies
irritan, Haematobia
Musca autumnalis - Narrower
Concept UI M0014226
Preferred term Musca autumnalis
Entry term(s) Face Flies
Face Fly
Flies, Face
Fly, Face
Musca autumnali
autumnali, Musca
Fannia - Narrower
Concept UI M0014227
Preferred term Fannia
Entry term(s) Fannias



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