domestica Linnaeus

Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758: 596 . Curran 1932: 360 [records]; Curran 1934: 165 [record]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 171 [checklist]; Pont 1972: 7 [catalogue]; Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Carvalho et al. 2005: 22 [catalogue]; Causton et al. 2006: 134 [introduced species].

Distribution. Introduced. Cosmopolitan; Galápagos: Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

Remarks. Adults of this species are common around human habitation in the arid zone.