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Keywords: taxonomy, Musca domestica, M. sorbens, M vicina, M. nebulo, M. sorbens, M. lusoria, M. nebulo, M. cuthbertsoni, M. curviforceps, M. crassirostris, M. conducens, M fletcheri, M. inferior, M. mesopotamiensis, M. planiceps, housefly, geographical distribution, life history, general and environmental biology and trophic habits, great adaptability to most varied environments, movements, mating, ovigenesis and oviposition, influence of temperature on activity and development, pathological microorganisms, fungi, disease vector, Empusa muscae, Aspergillus parasiticus, Beauveria globulifera, B. bassiana, bacteria, entomophagous arthropods, biological control, parasitoid Mormoniella vitripennis, Pachycrepoideus dubius, Spalangia muscidorum, Aphaereta pallipes, Xyalophora quinquelineata, predators, Hister chinensis, Aleochara trivialis, Anaclysta flexa, Macrocheles muscadomesticae, relation to disease, viruses, protozoa, worms, nematodes